It was reported that during use, the cs100 intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) stopped pumping without any human intervention and without sounding an alarm.The customer claimed that the alarm sound came after the iabp stopped pumping for almost 10 minutes.Also the iabp was unable to initiate assist by pressing the start key, but when the doctor found the problem, the iabp worked normally after the doctor restarted the iabp.Video depiction of the event was provided by the customer process with a request for explanation as to why the iabp stopped assisting and why the alarm was delayed during the event.No adverse event was reported.
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