The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Class I recall concerning Newport HT70 and HT70 Plus Ventilators, manufactured by Newport Medical Instruments Inc.

The affected products are being recalled due to a component failure on the control board which may emit a continuous high priority alarm and the ventilator may stop ventilating.

For details, please refer to the following FDA website:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/ enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=select&recall_numbe r=Z-2250-2012&w=09122012&lang=eng

If you are in possession of the affected product, please contact your supplier for necessary actions.

Posted on 14 September 2012