There was no patient involvement.Livanova (b)(4) manufactures the s5 mast roller pump.The incident occurred in athens, greece.Livanova initiated an investigation.If any additional information pertinent to the reported event is received, it will be provided in a supplemental report.
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H10: the pump was returned to the manufacturer site for investigation.Variolock with red insert, for 1/4, 5/16 and 3/8 tubings, was mounted on the returned roller pump.Upon power on, the tubing size displayed on the pump panel was 1/2, demonstrating that the tubing size set by the user is different from the one allowed by the variolock tubing insert.A 1/4 tubing was mounted on the pump, using the variolock insert the pump was returned with, and the unit was tested for 6 hours at 250 rpm (maximum allowed speed).No deviations were observed and no error messages were displayed.The pump worked within specifications.Based on all the above information, hardware malfunctions with internal component can be ruled out as cause of the event.It cannot be ruled out that user error (incorrect tubing size set by the customer) could have led to the reported event.
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