Maquet medical systems,usa(importer)submits this report on behalf of the legal manufacturer of the device maquet cardiopulmonary ag kehler strasse 31, 76437 rastatt, germany.A follow-up medwatch will be submitted when additional information becomes available.Reference exemption # e2018002.Importer- (b)(4).Oxygenator was sent back for investigation in the laboratory of manufacturer.When rinsing the oxygenator with water, a clot (blood clot) was rinsed out on the blood outlet side.In the optical examination of the complaint pattern, no external damage was found.In the leak test according to lv 201, a leak was detected on the dialysis connector.As we are currently unable to open any complaints in the laboratory for safety-relevant reasons, the complaint sample will be stored in our archive and the examination of the mats and the dialysis connector will be made later.Since the full investigation could not performed at this moment, no sufficient information is available to confirm the failure.Once the further investigation is applicable, this complaint will be reopened.Sap trend search was performed according to the oxygenator batch.The products were found which 70112355 was used.No similar complaint was found which appears reported issues are the same since the last 12 months.Since the article number of the set is not available systemic issue calculation could not be performed.Based on this failure could not be confirmed.Device history record was reviewed.There were no references found which are indicating a nonconformance of the product in question.The data is 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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