Company: Welch Allyn Protocol, Inc Date of Enforcement Report:1/15/2014 Class lI: PRODUCT The Propaq LT Series monitors. Model numbers 802LTAN, 802LT0N, and 802LTRN. These devices are indicated for ECG, noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP), respiration and SpO2. The most likely locations for patients to be monitored by these devices are hospital general medical-surgical, telemetry, and intermediate...Read More

Company: Covidien. Date of Enforcement Report:1/15/2014 Class lI: PRODUCT Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator systems software part number 4-070212-85, revision AB-AG. The intended use of the product is to provide mechanical ventilation to patients. Recall Number Z-0611-2014 REASON Covidien is conducting a voluntary field corrective action on Puritan Bennett 840 ventilator systems with certain software revisions...Read More

Lisa Simone, a biomedical software engineer at FDA, published an article in the Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Journal (Nov-Dec 2013) with information on an analysis of historical software related recalls using internal information at FDA as well as other sources. The article breaks down the recalls by year and product type. She investigated the years...Read More

Company: EOS Imaging Date of Enforcement Report:1/15/2014 Class lI: PRODUCT EOS System X- ray beam Digital radiography system used in general radiographic examinations. Recall Number Z-0529-2014 REASON EOS imaging discovered during production internal testing that the X-ray beam collimation set up by the operator at the user interface of the acquisition workstation is different from...Read More

Company: Carestream Health Inc. Date of Enforcement Report:1/15/2014 Class lI: PRODUCT Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile X-Ray System — Made in U.S.A. by Carestream Health Inc. 150 Verona Street, Rochester, NY . 14608 — The DRX Revolution Mobile system is a mobile diagnostic x-ray system for generation of x-rays for examination of various anatomical regions. These products...Read More