Safety Notice for the Legendair™ and Supportair™ Ventilators, COVIDIEN
2012.07.20
Product group Surgical equipment/ Anaesthesia - anaesthesia and medical gas supply
Reference 02313/12
Covidien has issued a Field Safety Notice concerning the possible failure of the ventilators. The defect of a capacitor may result in the inability of the ventilator to switch automatically from A/C mains power to internal battery operation when the ventilator is disconnected from A/C mains during use or when there is a failure of the A/C mains power.