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Event 73096

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
January 15, 2016
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Covidien LP (formerly Nellcor Puritan Bennett Inc.)

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

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device · product 1 of 1

Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator System, PB980 Ventilator (980xxxxxxxx). Intended to provide continuous ventilation for pediatric and adult patients who require either invasive ventilation or non-invasive ventilation.

Z-1181-2016
Recall number
Z-1181-2016
Initiated
January 15, 2016
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
1,864 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Graphical user interface (GUI) unresponsive to touch and Loss of primary ventilation under certain circumstances. Covidien Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions, now a part of Medtronic, issued a field corrective action notice for two issues on all models of Puritan Bennett 980 (PB980) ventilator.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Graphical user interface (GUI) unresponsive to touch and Loss of primary ventilation under certain circumstances. Covidien Respiratory and Monitoring Solutions, now a part of Medtronic, issued a field corrective action notice for two issues on all models of Puritan Bennett 980 (PB980) ventilator.

Code information

all versions of software.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution -- US, including but not limited to the territory of Puerto Rico; and Ireland, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Australia, Japan, Israel, Turkey, Chile, South Africa, Costa Rica, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Peru, Panama, Singapore, Kuwait, Lebanon, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Russia, Uruguay, Slovenia, Morocco, Argentina, Egypt, and Romania.