Maquet medical systems,usa(importer)submits this report on behalf of the legal manufacturer of the device maquet cardiopulmonary (b)(4).Rastatt, germany.A follow-up medwatch will be submitted when additional information becomes available.Reference exemption #(b)(4).Importer- maquet medical systems usa (b)(4).Contact person- (b)(6).Maquet cardiopulmonary gmbh requested the product for investigation.The product was investigated in the laboratory of the manufacturer.Maquet laboratory has performed following on 2018-04-09: during the visual inspection of the delivered hls module was found that the venous and arterial tubing lines are not as specified mounted.The venous and arterial lines were reversed.The venous line (blue = low - oxygen venous blood) must be on the blood inlet side, and the arterial tube line (red = oxygen-rich venous blood) on the blood outlet side of the hls oxygenator.Blood is oxygenated in the oxygenator.Conclusion: the complaint, "exchanged arterial and venous lines", could be confirmed.Mcp opened a nonconformance process in order to investigate the observation and define actions steps (nc-18-04-002).All further actions will be performed out of this internal process.Thus the record will be closed.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.
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