Sorin 3t Heater Cooler Machines
The sorin 3t devices were originally branded as the stockert 3t heater cooler system.
Sorin 3t heater cooler machines. And german branches of sorin. Has a serial number starting with 16s. The stöckert heater cooler system 3t is used with a stöckert s3 heart lung machine and or any other heart lung machine featuring a separate temperature control for extracorporeal perfusion of durations of up to 6 hours. In october 2015 to create a new company called livanova.
The sorin 3t heater cooler system used during various types of heart and lung surgeries can spread a dangerous bacteria during the procedures causing serious infections illnesses and even death. In 2015 federal investigators linked some of the machines to outbreaks of serious infections. The centers for disease control and prevention found that some people who had developed infections died. In 2015 sorin and another company merged to form a new company named livanova.
Lawsuits are currently being filed as a result of the infections caused by these products. The livanova 3t heater cooler system provides 3 circuits for fast and efficient heating and cooling to meet your patient and cardioplegia temperature needs. All of the cases involve the use of the sorin stockert 3t heater cooler unit manufactured in germany. Sorin merged with cyberonics inc.
Federal u s a law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician. Sorin 3t devices use independent water tanks and a compression based cooling system to keep patients at the desired temperature during surgery. You will sometimes hear the heater cooler unit referred to as the livanova stockert 3t system. The company s 3t heater cooler system regulates patients body temperatures during heart lung and other major chest surgeries.
The sorin group originally manufactured the devices. Fda warning letter to livanova formerly sorin group s p a for its heater cooler 3t thermal regulator device after inspections conducted at facilities in munchen germany and arvada colorado. Lawsuits name the new company as well as u s.