Reported Jul 22, 2015 · Terminated

Breas Vivo 50 Home Care Ventilator Product Usage: Respiratory Care

Breas Medical AB

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: Breas Medical AB · Foretagsvagen 1 · Molnlycke, N/A · N/A

Is this the product you have?

  • Breas Vivo 50
  • Home Care Ventilator Product UsageRespiratory Care
Lot codes and dates
    • All Vivo 50 Ventilators (215000
    • 215016) with firmware version 2.04
Amount recalled
846 US

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Unintended treatment termination could result from a keypad malfunction in some situations. The device erroneously interprets this as a Stop Treatment Instruction. An alarm will not sound, or be registered. Accessories and monitoring equipment connected to the Vivo 50 will stop functioning as the device enters stand-by mode.

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 Apr 7, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 4:49 PM UTC

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