Recall Z-1915-2025— Covidien

Name: FDA recall Z-1915-2025
Creator: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Published: 2025-05-21

Class I · Ongoing

Class I FDA medical device recall by Covidien, initiated 2025-05-21. It names one FDA 510(k) clearance: K111146. Product: Newport HT70 Ventilator, REF: HT70M-JP-NA, HT70M-CN-NA, HT70M-ES-EU, HT70M-PT-BR, HT70M-SY-EU, HT70M-WW-EU, HT70M-WW-NA, HT70-SY-EU. Newport HT70Plus Ventilator, REF: HT70PM-ES-EU, HT70PM-ES-NA, HT70PM-JP-NA, HT70PM-PT-BR, HT70PM-SY-AS, DLHT70PM-WW-NA, HT70PM-SY-NA, HT70PM-SY-UK, HT70PM-WW-EU, HT70PM-WW-UK, HT70PM-SY-EU, HT70PM-WWNA. HT70-2 CONTROL BOARD ROHS X1, REF: GR105796. HT70P CONTROL BOARD ROHS X1, REF: GR105795. HT70 Conversion Kit, REF: GRFSKHT70M-2.. Reason: Ventilator Printed Circuit Board Assembly may have two separate capacitors that may fail, which may result in the ventilator either shutting down during use, thus necessitating use of an alternate form of ventilation, or the shutdown alert alarm fails to alarm effectively during shut down, which may result in respiratory failure, hypoventilation, low oxygen saturation, hypoxia, treatment delay..

Recalling firm: Covidien
Classification: Class I
Status: Ongoing
Initiated: 2025-05-21
Firm location: Carlsbad, CA, United States

510(k) clearances named in this recall

1 on FDA's record

K111146 — NEWPORT HT70 VENTILATORNewport Medical Instruments, Inc.·cleared 2011-12-01

K-numbers as listed on FDA's Recall Enterprise System record for this event (openFDA device/recall k_numbers). The recall may also cover devices cleared under other submissions not named here.

Product description

Newport HT70 Ventilator, REF: HT70M-JP-NA, HT70M-CN-NA, HT70M-ES-EU, HT70M-PT-BR, HT70M-SY-EU, HT70M-WW-EU, HT70M-WW-NA, HT70-SY-EU. Newport HT70Plus Ventilator, REF: HT70PM-ES-EU, HT70PM-ES-NA, HT70PM-JP-NA, HT70PM-PT-BR, HT70PM-SY-AS, DLHT70PM-WW-NA, HT70PM-SY-NA, HT70PM-SY-UK, HT70PM-WW-EU, HT70PM-WW-UK, HT70PM-SY-EU, HT70PM-WWNA. HT70-2 CONTROL BOARD ROHS X1, REF: GR105796. HT70P CONTROL BOARD ROHS X1, REF: GR105795. HT70 Conversion Kit, REF: GRFSKHT70M-2.

Reason for recall

Ventilator Printed Circuit Board Assembly may have two separate capacitors that may fail, which may result in the ventilator either shutting down during use, thus necessitating use of an alternate form of ventilation, or the shutdown alert alarm fails to alarm effectively during shut down, which may result in respiratory failure, hypoventilation, low oxygen saturation, hypoxia, treatment delay.

Data sourced from openFDA. This site is unofficial and independent of the FDA.