GE CARESTATION 650 ANESTHESIA MACHINE

Report

• Report Number: MW5174581
• Event Type: Malfunction
• Date Received: August 14, 2025
• Date of Event: December 26, 2024
• Report Date: August 12, 2025
• Manufacturer: GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
• Product Code: BSZ
• Product Problem: Yes
• Report Source: Voluntary report
• Reporter Occupation: OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
• Health Professional: Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

GE CARESTATION 650 ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE LIMITING VALVE WOULD NOT RELEASE AIRWAY PRESSURE WHEN PATIENT IS SPONTANEOUSLY BREATHING, AND ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE LIMITING VALVE SET AT MINIMUM. CLINICIAN HAD TO REMOVE REBREATHING BAG FROM PATIENT TO RELEASE THE POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE ON BREATHING CIRCUIT. A SERVICE CALL FOR GE SERVICE WAS PLACED AND GE FIELD ENGINEER FOUND THE ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE LIMITING VALVE DIAPHRAGM WAS WORN OUT. REPLACED DIAPHRAGM ASSEMBLY, ADJUSTABLE PRESSURE LIMITING BREATHING CIRCUIT GAS WAS ORDERED AND REPLACED. FULL CHECKOUT AND TEST PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED PER MANUFACTURE SPECIFICATIONS. SYSTEM RETURNED TO SERVICE.

Devices

Seq	Brand	Generic	Product Code	Manufacturer	Model	Lot	UDI-DI
2788695	GE CARESTATION 650 ANESTHESIA MACHINE	GAS-MACHINE, ANESTHESIA	BSZ	GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.	CARESTATION 650

Patients

Seq	Age	Sex	Outcome	Treatment
1	NA	Unknown

Terms

Patient problem · 1

• No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

Product problems · 1

• Pressure Problem

Type of report · 1

• Initial submission