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# Covidien Class 1 Recall of Ventilator
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/covidien-class-1-recall-of-ventilator/
- Published: 2022-01-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T17:27:10.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Drugs, #legacy-id-D5150851

FDA has classified as Class 1 a recall by Medtronic’s Covidien unit of its Puritan Bennett 980 Ventilator Series System due to a manufacturing assembly error where a capacitor within the ventilator was assembled incorrectly, which may cause the device to become inoperable during use. Customers have been told to immediately discontinue use of the affected ventilators until a Medtronic technical service engineer inspects and replaces affected printed circuit board assemblies, according to a recall [notice](https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/covidien-lp-recalls-puritan-bennett-980-series-ventilator-due-manufacturing-assembly-error?ref=fdaweb.com).