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Covidien LP (formerly Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc.): Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator System, Model No. PB980 Ventilator (980xxxxxxxx), The Puritan BennettTM 980 Ventilator System is designed for use on Neonatal (NICU) through Adult patient populations who require respiratory support or mechanical ventilation and weigh a minimum of 0.3 kg (0.66 lb). It is suitable for service in a hospital (institutions) and intra-hospital transport to provide continuous positive pressure ventilator support, delivered invasively or noninvasively, to patients who require the following types of ventilator support: "Positive Pressure Ventilation, delivered invasively (via endotracheal tube or trach tube) or non-invasively (via mask or nasal prongs) "Assist/ Control, SIMV or Spontaneous modes of ventilation.
- Recall number
- Z-1058-2015
- Recalling firm
- Covidien LP (formerly Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc.)
- Product
- Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator System, Model No. PB980 Ventilator (980xxxxxxxx), The Puritan BennettTM 980 Ventilator System is designed for use on Neonatal (NICU) through Adult patient populations who require respiratory support or mechanical ventilation and weigh a minimum of 0.3 kg (0.66 lb). It is suitable for service in a hospital (institutions) and intra-hospital transport to provide continuous positive pressure ventilator support, delivered invasively or noninvasively, to patients who require the following types of ventilator support: "Positive Pressure Ventilation, delivered invasively (via endotracheal tube or trach tube) or non-invasively (via mask or nasal prongs) "Assist/ Control, SIMV or Spontaneous modes of ventilation.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2015-01-12
- Posted
- 2015-02-05
- Terminated
- 2016-01-06
- Reason
- Covidien is issuing a voluntary field action for all Puritan Bennett 980 ventilators due to occasional GUI transient resets that last approximately 30 seconds.
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Covidien sent an Urgent Field Safety Notice on January 12, 2015, to all affected customers. Customers were requested to forward the recall letter to anyone they may have transferred or assigned for use one of the potentially affected ventilators. Covidien is updating software that will modify ventilator alarms and status display messages during a GUI reset. The Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator Operator Manual will be updated to delete,replace ventilator during a GUI transient reset, and to inform users to monitor the secondary status display until the primary display refreshes. Covidien will communicate with customers when the software and operator manual updates are available. Customers with questions were instructed to contact Technical Support Department at 800-255-6774, option 4, and then option 1. For questions regarding this recall call 303-876-8870.
- Quantity
- 418 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and Internationally to Canada.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All Puritan Bennett 980 ventilators
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K131252"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- CBK
- Firm FEI
- 2936999
- Firm city
- Boulder
- Firm state
- CO
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
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