Events

Recall of Philips V60 Ventilator

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by Respironics California LLC.

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
    21434
  • Event Initiated Date
    2017-05-18
  • 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: Philips New Zealand Commercial Limited, Level 3, 123 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, AUCKLAND 1023
  • Reason
    Over time, low-frequency vibrations can cause the pins within the female connectors on the internal motor controller to data acquisition board ribbon cable to become partially displaced, which causes momentary high resistance that interferes with data transfer. this may cause the ventilator to fail power on self testing (post) or cause continuous built in test (cbit) to detect a fault and lead to a ventilator shut down with alarm during use or during intra-hospital transport.
  • Action
    Product to be modified

Device

Philips V60 Ventilator

Manufacturer

Respironics California LLC
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    NZMMDSA