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A complaint was received, and the customer reported receiving a medline large adult hand held aneroid that would not inflate during use; no injuries stated.Medline received one medline handheld aneroid in used condition, tried to inflate the cuff and it rapidly deflated itself, and noticed the bladder had an air leak where the tubing and the bladder connect not allowing the user to inflate the cuff to have blood pressure measurements.The complaint was confirmed, and the reported issue was shown via investigation to be caused by a functional malfunction.Similar complaints were revealed for "not inflating/cuff leaking," the vendor has been informed and is working on corrective actions, and the division will continue to monitor the issue for trending.There were no reports of death, serious injury, medical intervention, or follow up care.It has been determined that the reported event could cause or contribute to serious injury if it were to occur again.In an abundance of caution, this is a reportable event.If additional information becomes available this report will be reopened and reevaluated.This medical device report (mdr) is being submitted as part of retrospective review activities, which include review of historical data in accordance with regulations at 21 cfr part 803.The information included in this mdr reflects the information reasonably known to the manufacturer at the time of this retrospective review and submission.
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