Attempted to connect patient to transport iabp (intra-aortic balloon pump) and received an "auto-fill failure" error message.This is the same message that was received during the most recent iabp failure 3 weeks prior.Patient was able to be transported without incident on hospital iabp by ground ambulance (amr).Air care 1 iabp.Per getinge service tech: fault found during repair service.Replaced drive regulator.Unit passed all tests, returned to service.After assessing the patient, the transport iabp was placed on the patient "auto-fill failure" was noted on the iabp screen.Iabp was shut off and restarted, again iabp screen showed "auto-fill failure".The flight crew transported the patient to facility via ground ems without incident and took referring facility's iabp with them.
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