| Model Number |
2025G-25 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Obstruction of Flow (2423)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
08/20/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The product involved in the report has not been returned.A review of the device history record is in-progress all information reasonably known as of 19 sept 2025 has been included in the health authority report.Should additional information be obtained a follow-up health authority report will be provided.The information provided by airlife.Represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant/reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to airlife.Airlife has no independent knowledge of the event reported but is relaying the information that was provided by the user facility where the incident occurred.This product incident is documented in the airlife complaint database and is identified as complaint - (b)(4).This information is submitted pursuant to 21cfr803, in compliance with the medical device reporting requirement and should not be considered to be an admission that a airlife product is defective or causes serious injury.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported: tubing is too soft and pinching off at the concentrator; the issue caused back flow of oxygen to the concentrator, causing alarms and lack of oxygen flow to the patient.A non-serious (unspecified) injury was reported.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported: tubing is too soft and pinching off at the concentrator; the issue caused back flow of oxygen to the concentrator, causing alarms and lack of oxygen flow to the patient.A non-serious (unspecified) injury was reported.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The product involved in the report has not been returned.A review of the device history record is in-progress.All information reasonably known as of 19 sept 2025 has been included in the health authority report.Should additional information be obtained a follow-up health authority report will be provided.The information provided by airlife.Represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant/reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to airlife.Airlife has no independent knowledge of the event reported but is relaying the information that was provided by the user facility where the incident occurred.This product incident is documented in the airlife complaint database and is identified as complaint - (b)(4).This information is submitted pursuant to 21cfr803, in compliance with the medical device reporting requirement and should not be considered to be an admission that a airlife product is defective or causes serious injury.The complaint of "pinching off at the concentrator" regarding parts 2025g-25-25 and 2050g-50-20 was confirmed.The root cause was not determined, however 3-channel tubing is designed to resist kink and allow oxygen flow even when bent/kinked per iso13544 standards.A risk assessment was performed, and the ultimate risk was determined to be low which does not require escalation to the capa review board.There have been 2/3 other complaints regarding the same part and a similar issue within the 24 months preceding this reported event.A resolution letter was sent to the customer.Complaints will continue to be monitored for possible trends.
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