Atlas FDA

Optional PS500 Power Supply Unit for the Evita V500 Ventilator and Babylog VN500 Ventilator. Babylog VN500 is a ventilat

FDA device recall Z-0436-2016 · posted 2015-12-23 · Terminated

Recall details

Recalling firm
Draeger Medical, Inc.
Reason for recall
The firm became aware of cases in which the battery run times of the optional PS 500 power supply unit with the Infinity Workstation Critical Care (Evita Infinity V 500) were unexpectedly short due to the design of the charging algorithm in the current software. Devices used for patient transport will be a priority.
Action taken
Draeger Medical, Inc. sent an URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL letter dated November 2015 to all affected consignees. The letter identified the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. The Battery Charging Software will be updated and, if necessary, the batteries replaced in all affected devices Free of Charge.
Root cause
Software design
Status
Terminated
Product code
CBK
Quantity affected
2422
Distribution
US Nationwide-including DC and PR, and the states of AK; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DE; FL; GA; HI; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; SC;
Date initiated
2015-12-01
Date posted
2015-12-23
Date terminated
2020-04-03
Location
Telford, PA

Monitor recalls programmatically

Recalls and clearances share one API, with change alerts when new recalls post.

Related 510(k) clearances

RecordFirmDate
INFINITY ACUTE CARE SYSTEM WORKSTATION NEONATAL CARE (K093632)Drager Medical AG & Co. Kgaa2010-04-05
INFINITY ACUTE CARE SYSTEM WORKSTATION CRITICAL CARE (K093633)Draegerwerk AG & CO Kgaa2010-03-30