Medtronic announces voluntary corrective action on ventilator series

Medtronic is notifying customers worldwide of a voluntary field corrective action for its Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator series. Medtronic initiated this field action on September 19, 2018. A Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator is a mechanical ventilator used to support a patient’s breathing. This prescription device is operated by trained healthcare professionals in an acute and or critical care clinical setting for neonatal, pediatric and adult patients. The voluntary field corrective action is a software update to address customer feedback. The software updates the external USB Drive performance and its impact on Graphical User Interface functionality and the labeling displayed on the GUI during ventilator use. The software update also provides additional product enhancements. Medtronic is currently updating all PB980 ventilators to this new software version at customer facilities.
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