Model Number BE-HLS 7050#HLS SET |
Device Problem
Defective Device (2588)
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Patient Problem
No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)
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Event Date 01/09/2018 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).Device was requested but not yet received.A follow-up medwatch will be submitted when additional information becomes available.
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Event Description
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According to the customer: patient commenced on ecls therapy following anaphylatic shock.Hemocrit at commencement of therapy noted by clinicians to be high.Pven pressure noted on cardiohelp-i also to be high.Fluid challenge of 1litre of hartmanns solution given.Delta pressures increasing, along with pven and hematocrit.Decision made to cease ecls via hls/ cardiohelp and switch to pls/ rotaflow circuit with clinicians concluding that microembolism of oxygenator of hls circuit.Post commencement of ecls via rotaflow/ pls circuit, patient required additional fluid loading of 3 litres.Customer complaint of faulty oxygenator.No harm to the patient was reported.Internal reference: (b)(4).
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The product was requested for return to the manufacturer for laboratory investigation.Maquet cardiopulmonary received the product for investigation.An hls module advanced 7.0 has been returned.As the sample was in the clinic rinsed out.No clots are visible on the lead inlet and blood outlet side.Oxygenator cleaned with sodium hypochlorite.Module to the cardiohelp connected.The values remain constant.Protective cover of the pump removed.The sensors and solder joints do not show any corrosion.No further abnormalities noted.Conclusion: failure cannot be confirmed.All values remain constant.The sensors and solder joints show no corrosion.Further investigation steps are momentarily not possible to be executed due to work safety issues in the complaint laboratory.Maquet cardiopulmonary is currently in the mitigation of this issue.When further investigation steps can be executed again, these investigations will be performed and the complaint file will be updated accordingly.Thus the failure could not be confirmed.A supplemental medwatch will be submitted after new information has been received.The data is also being handled through a designated maquet cardiopulmonary trending and applicable investigation process.Due to this no further investigation initiations will be completed at this time since the reported failure did not contribute to a death or serious injury no corrective action is needed.In addition at this time it cannot be concluded that this is a systemic error.
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Event Description
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Internal reference: (b)(4).
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