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Vyaire Medical: AirLife Adult Manual Resuscitator, 40" (1.0 m) Oxygen Reservoir Tubing, Adult Mask, CO2 Detector, REF 2K8005C2

Recall number
Z-1063-2024
Recalling firm
Vyaire Medical
Product
AirLife Adult Manual Resuscitator, 40" (1.0 m) Oxygen Reservoir Tubing, Adult Mask, CO2 Detector, REF 2K8005C2
Status
Open, Classified
Initiated
2024-01-10
Posted
2024-02-25
Terminated
not on file
Reason
Risk of hypoventilation caused by duckbill and ring broken/disassembled, due to faulty mold/tooling producing out of specification components. Device failure may cause improper ventilation or no ventilation that may result in hypoventilation or hypoxia, and potentially lead to death. The mold/tooling used to produce the affected component was replaced in 2017.
Root cause
Process control
Action
Vyaire issued an URGENT: Customer notification Letter to its consignees on 01/10/2024 via letter delivered by UPS Next Day Air. The notice explained the problem, complaints received, and requested the consignee discard or destroy all affected devices. If the consignee further distributed the product, they were directed to forward a copy of the notice to those parties.
Quantity
4,572 units
Distribution
Worldwide distribution. US nationwide, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, France, UK, Mexico, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and South Africa
Lot, serial or model codes
UDI/DI Case: 50190752114164, Each: 10190752114166; All manufacturing dates of 2017 and prior, and any products without a manufacturing date.
510(k) numbers
not on file
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
BTM
Firm FEI
3013421741
Firm city
Mettawa
Firm state
IL
Firm country
not on file

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Publisher
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
File
device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
sha256
b87518bfe2e8
Size
288210821 bytes
Published
2026-09-28
Read
2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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2026-10-06

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