The user facility reported to terumo cardiovascular that prior to cardiopulmonary bypass, during prime, a large amount of air was noted at the bottom of the venous reservoir filter.Once the pump was turned off, the air migrated up to the venous line.No patient involvement as this occurred during prime.Product was changed out.Procedure was completed successfully.
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This follow-up report is submitted to fda in accord with applicable regulations ¿ and as indicated by terumo cardiovascular systems in the initial report submitted to the fda on january 23, 2020.Upon further investigation of the reported event, the following information is new and/or changed: h6 (identification of evaluation codes 10, 11, 3331, 3259, 4307).Method code #1: 10 - testing of actual/suspected device.Method code #2: 11 - testing of device from same lot/batch retained by manufacturer.Method code #3: 3331 - analysis of production records.Results code: 3259 - improper physical structure.Conclusions code: 4307 - cause traced to component failure.The affected sample was inspected upon receipt with no obvious anomalies noted.It was not built into a water circuit as the customer had already disassembled the reservoir to troubleshoot.Disassembly of the reservoir found that the small o-ring had been incorrectly installed, allowing the air leak to occur.The retention sample was setup in a water circuit with flow through the unit, when forward flow was stopped, prime was not lost in the circuit.The cause of the event is a partially seated o-ring within the curved venous inlet port connection into the venous reservoir lid/housing.All available information has been placed on file in quality management for appropriate tracking, trending, and follow-up.
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