Recall Z-2273-2013 ยท CBK Ventilator, Continuous, Facility Use
Carefusion 211 Inc dba Carefusion
Product Name: AVEA Ventilator. All Models. The affected devices are cleared under K073069 pm 1/25/2008 and K103211 on 05/06/2011. This device is a Class II medical Device. A continuous ventilator (respirator) is a device intended to mechanically control or assist patient breathing by delivering a predetermined percentage of oxygen in the breathing gas. Adult, pediatric, and neonatal ventilators
| Date | Sep 27, 2013 (initiated Sep 5, 2013) |
| Status | Terminated |
| Reason | CareFusion has identified a potential risk associated with AVEA ventilators when used at higher altitudes. A proactive complaint review identified an error in the barometric pressure compensation. CareFusion is voluntarily initiating a field correction of the affected devices to correct the error. |
| Root cause | Component design/selection |
| Action | CareFusion sent customer notification letters on September 05, 2013 via USPS mail return receipt carrier. The customer notification letter dated September 3, 2013 was titled "URGENT PRODUCT RECALL", and was addressed to Biomedical Engineering, Respiratory Care, and Risk Management. The customer notification letter informed customers of the product under recall with product name, description, and serial numbers enclosed as list unique to each customer. The customer notification letter also states the Problem and Affected Devices: Issue, Potential Risk, Actions to be Taken by CareFusion, Action |
| Quantity | 19,546 units |
| Distribution | Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) including Puerto Rico and countries of: Albania, American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile,China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech |
| FDA record | Open on fda.gov |