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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 68802

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
July 17, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc. (dba Covidien LP)

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • 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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 2

Vital Sync" VPMP & IM, software, V2.4. (DVD), packaged on a CD or other electronically controlled device. CDs are packaged in clam shell jeweled cases within a carton box. The Vital Sync Virtual Patient Monitoring Platform is intended to be used by healthcare professionals for the following purposes: 1) To remotely consult regarding a patients status; and 2) To remotely review near real-time patient data, waveforms and alarms in order to utilize this information to aid in clinical decisions and deliver patient care in a timely manner.

Z-2234-2014
Recall number
Z-2234-2014
Initiated
July 17, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
3

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Covidien is conducting a field correction of the Vital Sync Virtual Patient Monitoring Platform and Informatics Manager due to a mismatch between the alarm priority on the medical devices and the Vital Sync system.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Software design

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Reason for recall

Covidien is conducting a field correction of the Vital Sync Virtual Patient Monitoring Platform and Informatics Manager due to a mismatch between the alarm priority on the medical devices and the Vital Sync system.

Code information

Model # 10007101; Lot # 14A0041IN

Distribution pattern

US distribution to states of: LA, IL, MS, CO, IN, GA, CA and TX.

device · product 2 of 2

Vital Sync RMS 1.0 when loaded with v2.4 software, packaged on a CD or other electronically controlled device. CDs are packaged in clam shell jeweled cases within a carton box. The Vital Sync Virtual Patient Monitoring Platform is intended to be used by healthcare professionals for the following purposes: 1) To remotely consult regarding a patients status; and 2) To remotely review near real-time patient data, waveforms and alarms in order to utilize this information to aid in clinical decisions and deliver patient care in a timely manner.

Z-2235-2014
Recall number
Z-2235-2014
Initiated
July 17, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
9

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Covidien is conducting a field correction of the Vital Sync Virtual Patient Monitoring Platform and Informatics Manager due to a mismatch between the alarm priority on the medical devices and the Vital Sync system.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Software design

Compare all device evidence states

Inspect official wording and provenance

Reason for recall

Covidien is conducting a field correction of the Vital Sync Virtual Patient Monitoring Platform and Informatics Manager due to a mismatch between the alarm priority on the medical devices and the Vital Sync system.

Code information

Model # 10116080 ; Lot # PO643063

Distribution pattern

US distribution to states of: LA, IL, MS, CO, IN, GA, CA and TX.