FDA-Device2014-01-15Class I

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.

Covidien
Hazard

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.

Sold states
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.
Affected count
16,923 US, 39,372 OUS
Manufactured in
6135 Gunbarrel Ave, Boulder, CO, United States
Products
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.

Official notice

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0611-2014

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