Murraysville, Pa.-based Philips Respironics has issued a worldwide recall of its Trilogy Ventilators Models 100, 200 and 202 due to a potentially faulty component on the ventilators' power boards.
The defective piece may cause the ventilator to stop delivering mechanical breaths, potentially leading to patient death. So far, there have been no reports of deaths or serious injury related to this product recall.
The recall applies to Triology Ventilators shipped between Dec. 31, 2013 and Jan. 30, 2014.
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