🔍 RecallPedia

2.5 mm LifePort Endotracheal Tube Adapters 10-pack, Catalog: 9025; and 2.5 mm LifePort Endotracheal Tube Adaptors inside Patient Circuit Kits, Catalog: 938

Class I - Dangerous
🏥 Medical Devices Recalled: November 2, 2022 Bunnell Other Medical Devices Nationwide

What Should You Do?

  1. Check if you have this product:
    Catalog/UDI/Lot: 9025/10616120000034/22042320 ; and 2.5 mm LifePort Endotracheal Tube Adaptors, Lot: 22042320, inside 938/10616120000089, 00616120000082/22052381, 22052407, 22062431, 22062458, 22062478
  2. Do not eat it: Even if it looks and smells fine, do not consume this product.
  3. Throw it away or return it: You can return the product to the store for a full refund.
  4. Seek medical attention if needed: If you've consumed this product and feel unwell, contact your doctor immediately.
  5. Report problems: Report any issues to the FDA's Safety Reporting Portal.

⚠️ Emergency: If you experience severe symptoms after consuming this product, call 911 or Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222.

Recall Details

Company:
Bunnell, Inc.
Reason for Recall:
Some adaptors, for use with high frequency ventilators, were packaged improperly, and may deform at the tip, which may impair the ability to pass a suction catheter or may affect normal ventilator performance, which may lead to hypercarbia, hypoxia, and gas trapping.
Classification:
Class I - Dangerous

Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death.

Status:
ongoing

Product Information

Full Description:

2.5 mm LifePort Endotracheal Tube Adapters 10-pack, Catalog: 9025; and 2.5 mm LifePort Endotracheal Tube Adaptors inside Patient Circuit Kits, Catalog: 938

Product Codes/Lot Numbers:

Catalog/UDI/Lot: 9025/10616120000034/22042320 ; and 2.5 mm LifePort Endotracheal Tube Adaptors, Lot: 22042320, inside 938/10616120000089, 00616120000082/22052381, 22052407, 22062431, 22062458, 22062478

Official Source

Always verify recall information with the official FDA source:

View on FDA.gov

FDA Recall Number: Z-0371-2023

Related Recalls

Patient Circuit used with the Life Pulse High Frequency Ventilator. The Patient Circuit is a required disposable component of the Life Pulse High Frequency Ventilator. Model #(s): Individual Patient Circuit - catalog # 902 Patient Circuit Kit - catalog # 937: contains 2 circuits and 2 x 2.5 & 2 x 3.5 LifePort Adapters. Labeling states manufactured by: Bunnell Incorporated 436 Lawndale Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. Used for ventilating critically ill infants with pulmonary interstitial emphysema and infants with respiratory distress syndrome complicated by pulmonary air leaks, who are, in the opinion of their physicians, failing on conventional ventilation. The Patient Circuit is to provide a conduit for the humidification, warming, and temperature monitoring of the pressurized gas. The Patient Circuit is indicated for seven day single use.

Bunnell

Class I - Dangerous

Customer complaints received indicate the heater wire insulation can melt, causing a short which creates sparking and smoke, in the circuit close to the humidifier cartridge. Bunnell is recalling all lots of circuits distributed between March 12, 2012 and November 30, 2012.

Nov 19, 2012 Diagnostic Equipment Nationwide View Details →