Events

Recall of Capnostat Sensor for etCO2

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Draeger Medical Systems Inc.

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
    22734
  • Event Initiated Date
    2018-03-21
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, 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 New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Draeger New Zealand Ltd, Unit 4, 24 Bishop Dunn Place, East Tamaki, Auckland 2013
  • Reason
    The manufacturer has determined that when the infinity m540 patient monitor with software versions vg4.1 and below is used in combination with the infinity mcable mainstream c02 (m11.1) revision 16 sensor, the infinity m540 patient monitor will reboot if the sensor enters a reduced accuracy mode. should the infinity m540 patient monitor reboot 3 times within a 10 minute period or less, the infinity m540 patient monitor will go into a fail-state, resulting in a resetting to factory defaults, losing patient settings and stored patient data.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

Capnostat Sensor for etCO2

Manufacturer

Draeger Medical Systems Inc