Patient information was not provided.The gas blender system 25-40-00 is not distributed in the usa, but it is similar to gas blender system 25-40-45, which is distributed in the usa (510(k) number: k052601).This event was initially considered to be non-reportable.However, after additional evaluation, livanova (b)(4) has decided to reclassify this event as reportable.This report is being filed as part of a retrospective review conducted in response to this new decision.Livanova (b)(4) manufactures the s3 gas blender system.The incident occurred in (b)(6).A livanova field service representative was dispatched to the facility and was able to reproduce the error after two days of testing.Therefore the device was then sent to livanova (b)(4) for further investigation.During the investigation the reported failure could not be reproduced.Subsequent functional verification testing was completed without issues.As the issue could not be reproduced or confirmed, a root cause was not identified.A review of the dhr could not identify any deviations or nonconformities relevant to the issue.
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