Reported May 24, 2017 · Terminated

VORTRAN Automatic Resuscitator, VARPlus; Model PTE-5002; Qty: 10 each Anesthesiology: This device is to be used by…

Vortran Medical Technology 1, Inc.

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Vortran Medical Technology 1, Inc · 21 Goldenland Court Ste 100 · Sacramento, CA · 95834-2427

Is this the product you have?

  • VORTRAN Automatic Resuscitator, VARPlus; Model PTE-5002
  • Qty10
  • each AnesthesiologyThis device is to be used by properly trained personnel to deliver emergency, short term, constant flow, pressure cycled ventilatory support
Lot codes and dates
  • Model PTE 5002
  • Lot number/ expiry date
    • 1424 PTE
    • 2019-04-24
    • 1428 PTE
    • 2019-05-06
    • 1436 PTE
    • 2019-06-16
    • 1440 PTE
    • 2019-06-30
Amount recalled
35 cases (10 each)

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Vortran received a customer complaint that the spin-nut-DSS connector was assembled in the reverse direction on the oxygen tubing; making the connector unable to be screwed on due to the wrong thread direction.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Oct 17, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:01 PM UTC

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