Hamilton Medical Ventilator Recalled

Hamilton Medical has recalled its Hamilton-C6 Intensive Care Ventilator after customer complaints were received about a hardware issue with the ventilator’s status indicator board. “The status indicator board may become loose, allowing liquid to enter (ingress) between the indicator board and the ventilator’s main board,” a recall notice says. “This water ingress may cause the ventilator to have a technical fault and revert to a safety ventilation mode or revert to an ambient state, which means the patient breathes ambient room air with no assistance or support from the machine.” There have been 128 complaints and no injuries or deaths associated with this issue, it says.

The ventilator is intended to provide mechanical ventilation or breathing support for infants (neonatal), children (pediatric), and adult patients. It can provide breathing support through a tube in the mouth, nose, or airway (trachea) and through a mask placed over the mouth, nose, or face.