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Human Design Medical Llc: Vivo 65, Continuous Ventilator, Home Use, Cat. No. 204000 Product Usage: To provide continuous or intermittent ventilatory support for the care of individuals who require mechanical ventilation

Recall number
Z-2530-2018
Recalling firm
Human Design Medical Llc
Product
Vivo 65, Continuous Ventilator, Home Use, Cat. No. 204000 Product Usage: To provide continuous or intermittent ventilatory support for the care of individuals who require mechanical ventilation
Status
Terminated
Initiated
2018-05-08
Posted
not on file
Terminated
2020-05-04
Reason
Some Vivo 65 devices have an unreleased version of the Firmware upgrade tool.
Root cause
Employee error
Action
On May 8, 2018, the firm notified all affected customers via phone to quarantine all affected devices. On May 18, 2018, formal Field Safety Corrective Action letters were sent to all affected customers via FedEx. Customers were asked to remove affected units from use and return to the firm, and to complete and return the Acknowledgement and Product Replacement forms. Customers were informed that the firm would be shipping replacement devices.
Quantity
45
Distribution
US Nationwide Distribution in the states of CA, FL, GA, MI, SC, and TX.
Lot, serial or model codes
Pending
510(k) numbers
["K160481"]
PMA numbers
not on file
Product code
NOU
Firm FEI
3010817335
Firm city
Boston
Firm state
MA
Firm country
not on file

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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Publisher
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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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