The manufacturer was contacted in reference to the voluntary field safety notice / recall notification related to the sound abatement foam in certain cpap, bipap, and mechanical ventilator devices.The manufacturer received information alleging an issue related to a cpap device's sound abatement foam.The manufacturer received information alleging of respiratory infections, cough, headache.There was no report of serious or permanent patient harm or injury.The manufacturer's investigation is ongoing.A follow-up report will be submitted when the manufacturer's investigation is complete.
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The manufacturer was previously contacted in reference to the voluntary field safety notice / recall notification related to the sound abatement foam in certain cpap, bipap, and mechanical ventilator devices.The manufacturer received information alleging respiratory infections, cough, headache.The device was returned to the manufacturer's product investigation laboratory for investigation.An external visual inspection of the device was completed by the manufacturer and found no contamination.An internal visual inspection was completed by the manufacturer and found dust/dirt around the air inlet, blower box and in the iso port.There were also signs of water ingress in the blower box.There was a dark grey contaminant at blower seal on blower box that appears consistent with potential keratin observed.The manufacturer found no evidence of sound abatement foam degradation.The device's downloaded event log was reviewed by the manufacturer and found no erorrs.The manufacturer concludes the device has contamination consistent with water ingress.There was no evidence of sound abatement foam degradation.In this report section d4, d9, g3, h3, h4, h6 has been updated or corrected.
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