ICU Medical Recalls Certain Tracheostomy Tubes Due To Manufacturing Defects
ICU Medical Inc’s (NASDAQ:ICUI) subsidiary, Smiths Medical, initiated a recall of certain Bivona neonatal/pediatric and adult ...
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FDA recalls Smiths Medical neonatal/pediatric and adult tracheostomy tubes
Smiths Medical has recalled and removed Bivona neonatal/pediatric and adult tracheostomy tubes due to a manufacturing defect that can cause the securement flange of the device to tear, which can cause ...
ICU Medical recalls tubes used in tracheostomy due to manufacturing defect
Specific lots of the tubes sold under the Bivona brand by ICU's unit Smiths Medical for neonatal or pediatric and adult patients are being recalled due to a manufacturing defect that may cause the ...
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Smiths Medical recalls airway tubes over defect linked to more than 10 injuries
The FDA posted a second Smiths recall on Wednesday related to a problem with certain ParaPac ventilator kits. A knob that sets the tidal volume, or the amount of air delivered with each breath, can ...
Evidence suggesting Letby tampered with breathing tubes ‘not credible’, say experts
Statistics that suggest Lucy Letby tampered with babies’ breathing tubes while working at a Liverpool hospital are “not ...
Breathing tubes became dislodged on 40% of shifts Lucy Letby worked
Letby, 34, completed two work placements at Liverpool Women's Hospital between October and December 2012, and January and ...
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Breathing tubes dislodged during Lucy Letby shifts prior to killings, probe told
The incidents took place on 40 of the shifts Letby worked as a trainee in Liverpool, the Thirlwall Inquiry heard.
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Smiths Medical links 1 death, 35 injuries to defective airway tubes
Vivek Jain, CEO of parent ICU Medical, recently told investors the company has faced more challenges than expected when it bought the Smiths medical device business in 2022.
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Women who get their tubes tied are more likely to get pregnant than previously thought, study finds
The study, published Tuesday in NEJM Evidence, revealed that 3% to 5% of women in the United States who had their "tubes tied" – as tubal ligation is often referred to – reported unplanned ...
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Hospital repairs tracheal rupture using aortic graft
forcing him to rely on a tracheostomy tube to breathe and a nasogastric tube to eat due to airway blockage, Chen said. National Taiwan University Hospital physicians pose with a man, sixth left, who ...