| Model Number |
161006 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Gas/Air Leak (2946)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Bradycardia (1751); No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
09/06/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Event or Problem Description
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Hamilton medical ag received the following event description: "report fault by end user ¿ ventilator was leaking air, but no message was flashing.Pre-op checks and test lung done without alarms, however, customer would still like this to be checked over.T1 ventilator was working well for 1 hour but prior to leaving itu leaking of air was noted but no changes with the numbers.Before ct was started, t1 vent was playing up again with leaking of air noted again.Again no changes with the numbers and no message flag up.Patient stop ventilating at one point, went bradycardic 45 bpm with bigemenies.Incident date & time - (b)(6) 2025 time ¿ 14:40hrs".No health consequences or impact.No intervention necessary.The case has not been reviewed yet by hamilton medical ag.Therefore the failure description could not be confirmed yet.So far no relation to the device has been established.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Hamilton medical ag ref nr: (b)(4).
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Investigation outcome: based on the available information, the reported air leak noise and wheezing sound from the expiratory port are most consistent with an intermittent leakage within the breathing circuit or expiratory pathway rather than a ventilator malfunction.The absence of alarms or error messages during the event aligns with known system behaviour, as leakage conditions may not always meet alarm trigger thresholds depending on magnitude and duration.Post-event evaluation by the service engineer, including full service software testing and extended operation, did not reproduce the issue and confirmed that the ventilator met all performance specifications with no detected leaks or technical faults.Therefore, no device-related failure could be verified.The patient¿s transient bradycardia and decrease in blood pressure occurred after switching to the backup ventilator and cannot be directly attributed to a confirmed ventilator malfunction.The most probable root cause remains an intermittent, non-reproducible leak in the external breathing circuit or connections during patient handling/transfer.The complaint is concluded as "no fault found" for the ventilator.This case is considered as closed.
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