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Event 65630

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
June 07, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Del Mar Reynolds Medical, Ltd.

Dossier provenance

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  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Spacelabs ARKON Anesthesia Workstation. Spacelabs ARKON Anesthesia Workstation may be used for the delivery of oxygen, air and nitrous oxide in a controlled manner to various patient breathing circuits with or without the use of mechanical ventilator, and may be used for the delivery of anesthetic vapor by use of a dismountable vaporizer.

Z-1771-2013
Recall number
Z-1771-2013
Initiated
June 07, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
9 units (4 in the US and 5 outside US)

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
software defect

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Software design

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Reason for recall

Spacelabs ARKON Anesthesia System is recalled due to software defect. The System Status Computer may incorrectly determine that a communication error has occurred. If this situation occurs, a buzzer will activate and a yellow triangle will be displayed on the System Status Computer screen that alerts the user of this error.

Code information

ARKN-000001, ARKN-000005, ARKN-000010, ARKN-000015, ARKN-000016, ARKN-000017, ARKN-000018, ARKN-000020, ARKN-000021.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA including South Carolina and internationally to Canada and Great Britian.