While in use on a patient, a balloon pump alarmed "high baseline." clinical staff attempted to troubleshoot the issue but did not notice any obvious kinks in the tubing.The balloon pump was exchanged, and staff did not experience any further issues or alarms with the new pump.This incident appears to be related to a recent fda recall (z-2408-2020).Manufacturer response for balloon pump, ac3 optimu intra-aortic balloon pump (per site reporter).Teleflex sent a field engineer to our facility to inspect the balloon pump (see attached service report for results).Teleflex could not duplicate the symptom.The motor driver on the pump showed charring and discoloration consistent with the recent recall.The driver on this balloon pump was replaced with teleflex's newly designed driver.Teleflex plans to inspect and replace all motor drivers in our balloon pump fleet.
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