It was reported that the patient was disconnected from the main ventilator and was connected to the transport vent via the transport circuit.Per report, after an unidentified amount of time, shortly after connecting the transport circuit to the patient's endotracheal tube, no visual patient chest rise was noted.The patient was reportedly immediately connected back to the main ventilator.Reportedly, the transport circuit's beak valve was stuck in the closed position resulting in inability to ventilate the patient.It was added that the product was visually inspected prior to use and no issue was identified at that time.The transport circuit was reportedly not expired.There was no serious injury reported related to the event.Due to the reported incident and in an abundance of caution, this medwatch is being filed.The sample was not available to be returned for evaluation.A root cause could not be determined at this time.No additional information is available.If additional relevant information becomes available, a supplemental medwatch will be filed.
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