FDA Enforcement Class I Terminated

Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator systems software part number 4-070212-85, revision AB-AG. The intended use of the product is to provide mechanical ventilation to patients.

Recall: Z-0611-2014 · Reported January 15, 2014

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-0611-2014
Event ID
67108
Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Covidien
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
January 15, 2014
Initiation Date
December 16, 2013
Classification Date
January 3, 2014
Termination Date
November 29, 2016
Address
6135 Gunbarrel Ave, Boulder, CO, 80301-3214, United States

Description

Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator systems software part number 4-070212-85, revision AB-AG. The intended use of the product is to provide mechanical ventilation to patients.

Reason

Covidien is conducting a voluntary field corrective action on Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator systems with certain software revisions in response to customer reports of ventilator diagnostic code XB0069 in which the device stops mechanical ventilation due to a software error.

Code Info

Software Part number 4-070212-85, revision AB-AG

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Austria, Estonia, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Lithuania, Romania, Cyprus, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Greece, Latvia, Slovenia, Germany, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Ireland, Netherlands, Turkey, Croatia, Andorra, Albania, Algeria, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, UAE, Uganda, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Columbia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Peru, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand.

Quantity

16,923 US, 39,372 OUS