FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Halyard Health, Inc: KimVent* Turbo-Cleaning Closed Suction System for Adults, 14 F, T-Piece (Product Code 22705); KimVent* Turbo-Cleaning Closed Suction System for Adults, 14 F, T-Piece (Product Code 2270135) A tracheobronchial suction catheter is a device that is attached to a port of the airway circuit for use as needed to aspirate liquids or semisolids from a patient's upper airway.
- Recall number
- Z-2514-2015
- Recalling firm
- Halyard Health, Inc
- Product
- KimVent* Turbo-Cleaning Closed Suction System for Adults, 14 F, T-Piece (Product Code 22705); KimVent* Turbo-Cleaning Closed Suction System for Adults, 14 F, T-Piece (Product Code 2270135) A tracheobronchial suction catheter is a device that is attached to a port of the airway circuit for use as needed to aspirate liquids or semisolids from a patient's upper airway.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2015-07-29
- Posted
- 2015-08-31
- Terminated
- 2016-01-12
- Reason
- The thumb valve of some KIMVENT Closed Suction Systems remained partially open after suctioning was completed, even though the valve appeared to be closed or in the "LOCKED" position.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- Halyard sent a Product Advisory Notice on July 29, 2015, via FEDEX with a second letter dated August 12, 2015, being issued via FEDEX. The letter identified the product, the problem, and the action to be taken by the customer. Customers were instructed to report any occurrence of a valve leak to Halyard Customer Service at 1-844-425-9273, option 1, option 3.
- Quantity
- not on file
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide and Puerto Rico and Internationally to Canada
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Product Code 22705 - M5082T301, M5096T315; Product Code 2270135 - M5076T321, M5082T306
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- BSY
- Firm FEI
- 3011270181
- Firm city
- Alpharetta
- Firm state
- GA
- 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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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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