Investigation summary: a sample was received for the purpose of our investigation.A device history report was conducted for lot number 8198203, and no related abnormalities were found.This lot of intima ii was manufactured in august of 2018; bd engineers have noted a trend in leakage for this lot.According to the sampling plan applied for product performance, this lot was accepted and released, with no defects being noted during final assembly or visual inspections.Investigation conclusion: our investigators noted a small crack was found during leakage testing that was located on the adapter.The returned product's swage dimensions were measured by our team and found to be within product specifications.However according to previous investigations, depending on pressure variance in the autoline's swage pressure it is possible for the machine to become misaligned allowing for the resulting crack to form in the device; a review of our line determined that the machine is in the proper orientation and operating normally.Root cause description: we are currently conducting a long term study to determine the root cause for this event.Rationale: bd will continue to track and trend for this issue.
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