Maquet medical systems,usa(importer)submits this report on behalf of the legal manufacturer of the device maquet cardiopulmonary ag kehler strasse 31, 76437 rastatt, germany.A follow-up medwatch will be submitted when additional information becomes available.Reference exemption # e2018002.Importer- (b)(4).According to the complaint report the device was not available for investigation in the laboratory of manufacturer.The device was disposed at the hospital.Sap trend search was performed (material 70104.7282, failure code 1012 fitting problems) which came to following results: 0 additional complaint was recorded which appears reported issues are the same since the last 12 months.Based on the sales figures of the last 12 months following occurrence rate has been calculated: 0,03%, which is below 1%.Due to this information no systemic issue could be determined.The received information was not sufficient to determine the root cause of the failure.Also no answer was able to obtain to our questions.The information obtained so far in this investigation would confirm that the device met its specification at the time of manufacturing.At this time no similar complaint investigated was found which could led to the confirmation of the failure and / or a product related malfunction.Based on this failure could not be confirmed.Device history record was reviewed.There were no references found which are indicating a non-conformance of the product in question.The data is also being handled through a designated maquet cardiopulmonary trending and applicable investigation process.If a trend occurs, it will be escalated to quality assurance management for review and determination if further investigation is necessary.Due to this no further investigation initiations will be completed at this.
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