Manufacturer's investigation conclusion: the report of low flow alarms was confirmed through the esr submitted by an abbott representative.The account reported that the patient has had intermittent low flow alarms.The patient has small lvedd of 3.8.And inflow aimed slightly toward septum.Clinicians have been working on controlling blood pressure and optimizing volume status.The account requested a software upgrade on the patient¿s controllers with a low flow hazard alarm threshold set to 2.0lpm.According to the account, the updated software was successful on both primary and backup controllers.The patient remains ongoing on heartmate 3 lvas, serial number (b)(6), and no further issues have been reported.The heartmate 3 lvas ifu explains that the low flow hazard alarm will be triggered when pump flow is less than 2.5 lpm and notes that changes in patient conditions can result in low flow.This ifu, as well as the patient handbook, describes all system alarms and the recommended actions associated with them.No further information was provided.The manufacturer is closing the file on this event.
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