Smiths, acquired by ICU Medical in 2022, has faced multiple quality problems in recent years. The company received a warning letter in 2021, and the FDA has posted seven Class I recalls involving the ...

Smiths Medical is recalling its paraPAC Plus ventilators because of the possibility that the patient outlet connector could loosen or detach, affecting active ventilation. The FDA labeled the recall ...

A view of the production facility of U.S. health care company Baxter International in the state of North-Rhine Wetsphalia in Halle, Germany on Jan. 15, 2021. Reporter Baxter International Inc. issued ...

Vyaire Medical has put up the for-sale sign, as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following dropping demand in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global ventilation and respiratory device ...

The FDA recently labeled Smiths Medical’s recall of some ventilators as Class I, the most serious kind. ICU Medical’s Smiths Medical initiated a recall of some ASD PneuPac paraPAC Plus 300 and 310 ...

Smiths Medical ASD today announced the Class I recall of its PneuPac paraPAC Plus 300 and 310 ventilator kits after receiving complaints reporting continuous positive gas flow instead of the intended ...

A doctor may replace a person’s ventilator with a tracheostomy if they require ventilation for an extended time. They may also use a tracheostomy to wean a person off respiratory support. A mechanical ...

Social media accounts have been sharing a post on a website called the People’s Voice entitled, “Official Report: Ventilators Killed Nearly ALL COVID Patients.” But this “Official Report” posting was ...

Ventilators can be lifesaving for critically ill COVID-19 patients. A social media claim that a new study shows ventilators killed “nearly all” COVID-19 patients is “quite wrong,” according to the ...