FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SERVO-N

MDR report key: 8565123 · Received April 30, 2019

Report

Report Number
8010042-2019-00293
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 30, 2019
Date of Event
April 11, 2019
Report Date
September 4, 2019
Manufacturer
MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB
Product Code
CBK
PMA / PMN Number
K180098
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

GETINGE USA SALES, LLC (IMPORTER) IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB (MANUFACTURER). REF. EXEMPTION #: E2018003. GETINGE USA SALES, LLC 45 BARBOUR POND DRIVE WAYNE, NJ 07470. CONTACT PERON: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THE VENTILATOR WAS INVESTIGATED ON-SITE BY OUR FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER (FSE). THE REPORTED ALARMS FOR HIGH O2 CONCENTRATION COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE NOZZLE UNITS IN THE GAS MODULES WERE PRECAUTIONARY REPLACED BUT NOT RETURNED FOR INVESTIGATION. THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE WAS REINSTALLED, FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED WITH SUCCESSFUL RESULTS AND THE VENTILATOR WAS CLEARED FOR CLINICAL USE. SINCE THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE WAS REINSTALLED, NO LOGS FROM THE REPORTED EVENT DATE COULD BE PROVIDED DUE TO THAT THE LOG POSTS PRIOR TO THE SYSTEM SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD HAD BEEN ERASED PER DESIGN. THE REPORTED TANDEM USE OF A HFJV IMPLIES THAT THE HFJV IS CONNECTED TO AN ET TUBE ADAPTER AND IT INDUCES A ¿JET¿ OF GAS OUT OF THE ADAPTER INTO THE AIRWAY. THE MEASURED INSPIRATORY VALUES WOULD BE AS PER THE SET PARAMETER VALUES BUT THE MEASURED EXPIRATORY VALUES WOULD INCLUDE THE VALUES OF THE HFJV AND THEREFORE, THE MEASURED EXPIRATORY VALUES WOULD NOT REFLECT THE PARAMETER SETTINGS AND WILL LEAD TO GENERATION OF APPROPRIATE ALARMS, FOR EXAMPLE HIGH O2 CONCENTRATION. THE USE OF A HFJV IN TANDEM WITH THE VENTILATOR HAS NOT BEEN TESTED, APPROVED, OR RECOMMENDED FOR USE WITH THIS VENTILATOR SYSTEM. THEREFORE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ITS USE WITH OUR VENTILATOR ARE UNKNOWN. AS NO LOG FILES FROM EVENT DATE WERE PROVIDED AND NO PARTS WERE RETURNED FOR OUR INVESTIGATION, IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT BUT THE USE OF HFJV IN TANDEM WITH THE VENTILATOR IS THE MOST LIKELY CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING PATIENT TREATMENT, THE MEASURED O2 CONCENTRATION WAS HIGHER THAN SET WHEN THE VENTILATOR WAS RUN IN TANDEM WITH A HIGH FREQUENCY JET VENTILATOR (HFJV). THERE WAS NO PATIENT HARM. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IMPORTER REF. #: CC-CPL-2019-00823. MANUFACTURER REF. #: (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
359279 SERVO-N VENTILATOR, CONTINUOUS, FACILITY USE CBK MAQUET CRITICAL CARE AB

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1