Model Number BEQ-HMOD70000-USA#Q |
Device Problem
Device Inoperable (1663)
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Patient Problem
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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Event Date 03/21/2018 |
Event Type
malfunction
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Manufacturer Narrative
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(b)(4).A follow-up medwatch will be submitted when additional information becomes available.(b)(4).
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Event Description
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It was reported that arterial blood from the oxygenator was not oxygenated.The oxygentor was cut out and new one placed.No harm to the patient was reported.(b)(4).
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Manufacturer Narrative
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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 in the laboratory of the manufacturer.Product was investigated on (b)(6)2018: a quadrox-id adult was sent back.The product was contaminated.Oxygenator was cleaned with sodium hypochlorite.Visual inspection revealed that a luer lock on the blood outlet cover is damaged.Several cracks are located at the luer lock.For this failure a new complaint has been opened in sap - 703006929 in order to track and trend this observation.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.No further abnormalities could be detected.Thus the failure could not be confirmed.Most probable root cause could not be determined since the reported failure could not be confirmed.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.No corrective action is needed.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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Event Description
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Internal reference: (b)(4).
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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