GE Healthcare Recalls Certain Ventilator Batteries Due to Early Failure Issues
Backup batteries for GE Healthcare’s CARESCAPE R860 ventilator were recalled because they may run out before they are expected to do so.
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Medtronic, Baxter Face FDA Class I Labels for Separate Recalls of Heart Pumps, Ventilators
Amid continued recall concerns, devices from Medtronic and Baxter were recently assigned the most serious recall type be the FDA.
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Canada Has a Massive Surplus of Unused Ventilators
The Canadian government’s response to ventilator needs of patients early during the pandemic resulted in an excessive equipment surplus.
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‘This is Not a Good Situation’: Philips Engineer Flagged Ventilator Foam Issues Years Before Recall, Court Docs Show
A year after Philips initiated a safety recall of its ventilators, it was discovered that the company had long been aware of certain issues.
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GE Healthcare’s Recall of Ventilator Batteries Gets Class I Label from FDA Over Device Shutdown Risk
Due to their ability to cause the premature shutdown of GE Healthcare’s Carescape R860 ICU ventilators, the U.S. FDA has deemed GE Healthcare’s recall of more than 100,000 batteries as a Class 1 event—the most severe kind.
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