Date Initiated by Firm |
December 17, 2004 |
Date Posted |
January 28, 2005 |
Recall Status1 |
Terminated 3 on January 23, 2008 |
Recall Number |
Z-0445-05 |
Recall Event ID |
30785 |
510(K)Number |
k964540 k984379
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Product Classification |
Ventilator, Continuous, Facility Use - Product Code CBK
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Product |
Model 740 and 760 series Ventilators. |
Code Information |
All units ever manufactured. The product may be identified and tracked through serial numbers. This is a tracked device. |
Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer |
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc 2200 Faraday Ave Carlsbad CA 92008-7208
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For Additional Information Contact |
Puritan Bennett Customer Service 800-635-5267
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Manufacturer Reason for Recall |
Capacitor weakness in backup alarm system might fail causing lack of backup alarm to function in the event of total power loss.
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FDA Determined Cause 2 |
Other |
Action |
Customers of record will be notified by letter sent FEDEX, a simple test instruction will be included to use to test the performance of the backup alarm. |
Quantity in Commerce |
13,010 worldwide, 3,948 in USA and territories. |
Distribution |
Worldwide. |
Total Product Life Cycle |
TPLC Device Report
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1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
2 Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
3 For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.
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510(K) Database |
510(K)s with Product Code = CBK and Original Applicant = PURITAN BENNETT CORP.
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