Events

Recall of TRANSPORT PRO PATIENT MONITOR (PDM COMPATIBLE)

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE).

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    26332
  • Event Risk Class
    II
  • Event Initiated Date
    2010-08-10
  • Event Country
    Canada
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Transport pro stops communication with carescape patient data modules after 414 days of continuous run time resulting in the loss of the displayed parameter info. (eg: waveforms numerical data alarms).

Device

TRANSPORT PRO PATIENT MONITOR (PDM COMPATIBLE)
  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: TRANS-BC-HXXX (Lot serial: CONTACT); Model Catalog: TRANS-BC-HXXX (Lot serial: >10 NUMBERS); Model Catalog: TRANS-BC-HXXX (Lot serial: MANUFACTURER); Model Catalog: TRANS-AC-HXXX (Lot serial: S/N'S AAD05360553GA); Model Catalog: TRANS-AC-HXXX (Lot serial: AAD06352093GA AAD06352095GA); Model Catalog: TRANS-AC-HXXX (Lot serial: AAD05350491GA); Model Catalog: TRANS-AC-HXXX (Lot serial: AAD06031134GA AAD06131474GA)
  • Product Description
    TRANSPORT PRO PATIENT MONITOR (PDM COMPATIBLE)
  • Manufacturer
    GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE)

Manufacturer

GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA (OPERATING AS GE HEALTHCARE)