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.(b)(4).The sample has not been returned to maquet for investigation in our laboratory.The device was disposed at the hospital.However, there is a picture related to the complaint.The investigation of the received picture showed that the leakage of the suction valve.Device history record of the complained lot was reviewed.There were no references found which are indicating a nonconformance of the product in question.Also, there is no nonconformity and no scar related to the claimed material.Sap trend search was performed (similar failure: 0114 leakage of the tube set components) which came to following results: 4 additional complaints were recorded which appears reported issues are the same since the last 12 months.Based on the sales figures of the last 12 months following occurrence rate has been calculated: 0,21%, which is below 1%.Due to this information no systemic issue could be determined.There were no more detailed information and no detailed pictures about the complaint and the sample was not returned to us for investigation.The provided information with the complaint wasn¿t enough to determine the exact root cause the failure was confirmed.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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