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Newport Medical Instruments Inc: Newport HT50 Ventilator. Model No. HT50-H, HT50-HB, HT50-H1, and HT50-H1B. The device is intended to provide continuous or intermittent mechanical ventilator support for the care of individuals who require mechanical ventilation. Specifically, the NEWPORT HT50 is applicable for adult and pediatric (i.e. infant, child and adolescent) patients, greater than or equal to 10 kg (22 Ibs)
- Recall number
- Z-2382-2011
- Recalling firm
- Newport Medical Instruments Inc
- Product
- Newport HT50 Ventilator. Model No. HT50-H, HT50-HB, HT50-H1, and HT50-H1B. The device is intended to provide continuous or intermittent mechanical ventilator support for the care of individuals who require mechanical ventilation. Specifically, the NEWPORT HT50 is applicable for adult and pediatric (i.e. infant, child and adolescent) patients, greater than or equal to 10 kg (22 Ibs)
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2010-05-14
- Posted
- 2011-05-26
- Terminated
- 2011-06-01
- Reason
- The recall was initiated because Newport Medical has confirmed that the Newport HT50 hard shell Emergency Preparedness (EP) Storage Cases must be relabeled to caution users to follow current labeling guidelines for charging the battery for 8 hours but not longer than 24 hours at any one time.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Newport Medical sent an FIELD CORRECTION NOTICE to all affected customers dated May 14, 2010. The letter identified the product, the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Newport Medical also provided a revised labeling for the Emergency Preparedness (EP) Storage Case and an instruction sheet describing where to apply the new labels. Customers were instructed with the information that all the EP storage cases must be relabeled to caution users to follow current labeling guidelines for charging the battery for 8 hours but not longer than 24 hours at any one time. Customers were instructed to complete the attached acknowledgement form and fax it to " Regulatory@NewportMedical.com " Customers with any questions should call Technical Support Department at (800) 451-3111 for US customers, and (714)427-5811 x500 for international customers.
- Quantity
- 1,113 EP cases
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA including states of PA, TX, AK, GA, CA, MD, KY, FL, VA, LA, NC, OK and countries of Canada, Colombia, Armenia and Japan.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- EP Cases are not serialized and are not always associated with a specific ventilator serial number. The field correction applies to all Emergency Preparedness (EP) Storage Cases used to store HT 50 ventilators.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K992133"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- CBK
- Firm FEI
- 2023050
- Firm city
- Costa Mesa
- Firm state
- CA
- 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
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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