Minntech investigating Biocor oxygenator blood pressure drops; firm advises customers to suspend use.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
MINNTECH INVESTIGATION INTO BIOCOR OXYGENATOR BLOOD PRESSURE DROPS should shed light on the cause of the problem within three to four weeks, the firm states. Minntech sent a letter to its international distributors for the device on June 27 asking them to tell customers to stop using the oxygenator due to "reports of unexplained high pressure drops" during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. The company is drafting another letter to perfusionists that it expects to send early in the week of July 1.