MAUDE Adverse Event Report: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA APOLLO; ANESTHESIA UNITS

Catalog Number 8606500

Device Problems Intermittent Continuity (1121); Gas Output Problem (1266); Failure to Deliver (2338); No Pressure (2994)

Patient Problem No Consequences Or Impact To Patient (2199)

Event Date 12/16/2019

Event Type  malfunction  

Manufacturer Narrative

The investigation has just started; results will be provided in a follow up-report.

Event Description

It was reported during a case the device alarmed for "vent failure." there was no patient injury reported.

Event Description

Please refer to the initial-report.

Manufacturer Narrative

The responsible dräger service engineer could confirm the reported issue during on-site checking and trace it back to the ventilator motor.The entire motor assembly was replaced, consequently.Also the evaluation of the log file confirms an issue with the ventilator (motor) on the date of event.In case the apollo shuts down automatic ventilation, the device will generate an audible alarm and a visible alarm message "ventilator fail" will be displayed.In this case, automatic ventilation is not possible.The user can switch to manual ventilation as described in the instructions for use.Monitoring is still functional.The motor asm has brushes, ball bearing, commutator disk and a spindle which are affected from aging caused by wearing.The kollmorgen motor asm, that was installed in the objected device, has been designed for a durability of 10 years (5 hrs/day, 5 days/week, 52 weeks/year, 13000 hours).The involved motor is approx.12 years old and with the 17,955 hours logged, the device reached 138% of the estimated working hours.The replacement of the affected motor asm by the dräger service engineer has already solved the problem, no patient consequences have reportedly occurred.The number of similar cases, related to the same root cause, is within the expected range of the respective risk assessment and thus accepted.

• Brand Name: APOLLO
• Type of Device: ANESTHESIA UNITS
• Manufacturer (Section D): DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA; moislinger allee 53-55; lübeck 23542 ; GM 23542
• MDR Report Key: 9605500
• MDR Text Key: 175932292
• Report Number: 9611500-2020-00017
• Device Sequence Number: 1
• Product Code: BSZ
• Combination Product (y/n): N
• PMA/PMN Number: K042607
• Number of Events Reported: 1
• Summary Report (Y/N): N
• Report Source: Manufacturer
• Source Type: company representative,user f
• Type of Report: Initial,Followup
• Report Date: 02/07/2020

1 Device was Involved in the Event

1 Patient was Involved in the Event

• Date FDA Received: 01/20/2020
• Is this an Adverse Event Report?: No
• Is this a Product Problem Report?: Yes
• Device Operator: Health Professional
• Device Catalogue Number: 8606500
• Was Device Available for Evaluation?: Yes
• Device Age: YR
• Date Manufacturer Received: 12/24/2019
• Is This a Reprocessed and Reused Single-Use Device?: No
• Patient Sequence Number: 1