A dhr review was performed; there were no references found, which are indicating a nonconformance of the product in question.The product was investigated in the laboratory of the manufacturer.During visual inspection and during rinsing of the product no clots were detected.Several small damages were detected as follows: -cracks in the luer lock of the blood outlet connector -deformed blood inlet connector additional complaints will be opened in order to track and trend this observations.The detected cracks were sealed and the product was forwarded to the qa lab for further testing.The product was tested for its o2-transfer rate, co2-transfer rate and for pressure drop at maximum flow.The gas exchange performance test and the pressure drop test meets the specification.Thus the reported failure could not be confirmed.The cause of this failure was determined to not be attributed to a device related malfunction.Based on these results and the information available at this time, the oxygenator in question operated within mcp specifications.
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