| Subject: | FDA Issues Hamilton Medical, Inc. RAPHAEL Ventilators Recall |
| Category: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| Published: | Wed, 14 Jun 2006 - 10:00 am |
| Audience: Respiratory healthcare professionals and hospital risk managers
Hamilton Medical, Inc. and the FDA have notified healthcare professionals of a recall of certain RAPHAEL model ventilators with older generation software, due to a software algorithm designed to suppress false positive alarms that may preclude any alarm. The following RAPHAEL ventilators are affected:
RAPHAEL (Software version 2.2x) -RAPHAEL Silver (Software version 2.2xS) -RAPHAEL Color (Software... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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