Patient Monitors

CareFusion has identified a potential risk associated with AVEA Ventilator caused by an incorrect F1 fuse on the AVEA Ventilator Transducer Communication Alarm (TCA) Board which may fail/blow, causing loss of power to the User Interface Module (UIM).

After performing the suctioning maneuver, including disconnecting the patient, suctioning , and reconnecting the patient, the preset pattern of ventilation many not continue as expected.

The vacuum suction tubing could be kinked within the machine resulting in suction less than the 20 lpm required by ISO 10079-3. This could result in inadequate suction performance to clear the airway and inadequate ventilation of the patient.

The adherence check generates a software error. Two issues occur as a result of the software error: 1) No adherence flag is generated for that day; 2) No task is generated for the date 14 days later. An error message is generated and forwarded to operations. Subsequently, for days in which no task was generated, patient will not get a reminder on the tablet to take a measurement. If the pa

Graphical user interface (GUI) unresponsive to touch and Loss of primary ventilation under certain circumstances. Covidien Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions, now a part of Medtronic, issued a field corrective action notice for two issues on all models of Puritan Bennett 980 (PB980) ventilator.

Software Issue

The battery capacity of the optional PS500 power supply unit for the Infinity (ACS) Workstation Critical and Neonatal Care was rapidly and unexpectedly reduced, despite using the most recent power supply firmware version 1.50 released in November 2015 (recall Z-0436-2016). The batteries were prematurely discharged, even though an adequate battery charge status was displayed on the device.

Drager became aware of situations where the error message "Poti unplugged" was generated causing acoustic and visual alarms, the breathing system releases pressure and the ventilation function stops operating.

Drager became aware of situations where the error message "Poti unplugged" was generated causing acoustic and visual alarms, the breathing system releases pressure and the ventilation function stops operating.

The Drive Gas Check Valve of certain Anesthesia products could become stuck in a fixed open position, which could cause pressure to build in the mechanical ventilation cycle. If this issue is left unresolved, it could result in excessive or prolonged pressure in the patient breathing circuit during ventilation potentially resulting in barotrauma.

The Drive Gas Check Valve of certain Anesthesia products could become stuck in a fixed open position, which could cause pressure to build in the mechanical ventilation cycle. If this issue is left unresolved, it could result in excessive or prolonged pressure in the patient breathing circuit during ventilation potentially resulting in barotrauma.

The Drive Gas Check Valve of certain Anesthesia products could become stuck in a fixed open position, which could cause pressure to build in the mechanical ventilation cycle. If this issue is left unresolved, it could result in excessive or prolonged pressure in the patient breathing circuit during ventilation potentially resulting in barotrauma.

Batteries found unresponsive after storage, not recognized by main device, and are perpetually enabled.

The firm became aware of cases in which the battery run times of the optional PS 500 power supply unit with the Infinity Workstation Critical Care (Evita Infinity V 500) were unexpectedly short due to the design of the charging algorithm in the current software. Devices used for patient transport will be a priority.

Product is being recalled due to complaints that the inspiratory and expiratory tubes are transposed.

A component on the systems power board can fail in a manner which can cause the ventilator to shut down without alarming.

There is a risk ECG electrodes of specific lots fail to transmit signals. There is a risk that the affected electrodes will transmit a poor signal or no signal at all before reaching the indicated expiration date.

As a distributor of tubing manufactured by Smooth Bore Plastics, we are initiating a product recall for specific lots of KC 036, KC 060 and KC 072 reusable ventilator tubes due to a possible manufacturing defect: A few tubes may have the potential for delamination to occur between the layers of the tube wall which, should it occur, would result in leakage

Ventilation and alarms of a HAMILTON-G5 ventilator can be suppressed unintentionally after the activation of a suctioning maneuver by the operator; this situation can occur regardless of the selected patient group (neonatal, pediatric and adult).

When the battery is inserted into the CardioCall ECG Event Recorder, the device beeps twice and is followed by a continuous ringing sound that only stops when battery is removed. The device has a self-test failure and will not operate normally.