| Catalog Number |
CLXUSA |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Fluid/Blood Leak (1250)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
08/21/2026
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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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The customer contacted therakos to report they experienced a tubing leak with their cellex photopheresis kit ("kit") during an extracorporeal photopheresis (ecp) treatment.The customer reported fluid dripping from the ac drip chamber during treatment, after 600ml of whole blood had been processed.The treatment was aborted, and the patient was reported to be stable.The customer returned a video for evaluation.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The system was used for treatment.This case is reportable as a mdr due to the reportable malfunction tubing leak.Since this reportable malfunction is only associated with the kit, this mdr will only be against the kit.A batch record review for kit lot p349 was conducted.There were no non-conformances related to the complaint.This lot met all release requirements.A review of kit lot p349 shows no trends.Trends were reviewed for complaint category, tubing leak.No trends were detected for this complaint category.Video was returned for evaluation.The complaint kit and smart card were not returned for evaluation.A review of the customer provided video confirmed a leak at the bond between the spike chamber port and the orange stripe tubing.A material trace of the drive tube assembly and its components used to build lot p349 found no related non-conformances.The device history record (dhr) review did not result in any related non-conformances.The complaint kit was not available for evaluation; therefore, the root cause of the tubing leak could not be determined.No further action required at this time.(b)(4).Oe (b)(6) 2026.
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