FDA Recall Terminated

Breas Vivo 50 Home Care Ventilator Product Usage: Respiratory Care

Recall: Z-2094-2015 · Initiated November 7, 2014

Recall

Recall Number
Z-2094-2015
Event Number
69760
Firm
Breas Medical AB Foretagsvagen 1 Molnlycke Sweden
FEI Number
3003244771
Product Code
NOU
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Device Design
Initiated
November 7, 2014
Posted
July 16, 2015
Terminated
April 7, 2016

Description

Breas Vivo 50 Home Care Ventilator Product Usage: Respiratory Care

Reason

Unintended treatment termination could result from a keypad malfunction in some situations. The device erroneously interprets this as a Stop Treatment Instruction. An alarm will not sound, or be registered. Accessories and monitoring equipment connected to the Vivo 50 will stop functioning as the device enters stand-by mode.

Action

Breas Medical sent Urgent Release: Field Safety Notice letters dated November 7, 2014 and Field Safety Notice dated November 21, 2014 to their customers. The letters identified the affected product, problem and the actions to be taken.

Distribution

Worldwide - United States Nationwide Distribution and the countries: Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and United Kingdom.

Quantity

846 US