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Device product

Transonic Flow Probe, 8 mm, Catalog Number HQC8FMV -- Product Usage: to measure flow intra-operatively.

Z-2723-2015

July 27, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Transonic Systems Inc
Event
Event 71907
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
Domestic: 5 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2723-2015

Official wording

Reason: Software defect; programming errors in the blood flow probes EPROM. Transonic received several complaints from users indicating that when the flow probe is connected to a flow meter the meter reads Used Probe or Irrelevant Use Number.

Code information: Serial Numbers: HQC8FMV2142, HQC8FMV2143, HQC8FMV2144, HQC8FMV2145, HQC8FMV2146

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of: Canada, Japan, Russia and The Netherlands.

Derived failure modes

  • Device software or design

    reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0

    Software defect