The customer reported experiencing difficulty with removing the cook-swartz doppler probe from the doppler cuff.
It was reportedly more difficult than normal to pull the probe from the cuff.
Additionally, while the probe was being pulled from the patient, the wire of the device frayed and broke off mid-length.
The break was reportedly attributed to excessive wire length in the patient's abdomen, which wrapped the bowel, placed excessive strain on the wire, and resulted in a wire fracture.
The wire was left inside the patient.
The ifu for the cook-swartz doppler flow probe states in the precautions section and the instructions for use section the following actions to take if difficulty removing the probe occurs: precautions: avoid use of excessive force to remove the transducer assembly from the patient, which may cause injury to the blood vessel.
If the transducer assembly can not be removed using gentle traction, the transducer assembly should be removed surgically.
Instructions for use: upon removal of the cook-swartz doppler flow probe, examine the distal tip of the probe to ensure that the transducer assembly is present.
In the unlikely event that the transducer assembly has become detached and remains in the cuff in the patient, the transducer assembly should be removed surgically.
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