Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
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Affected avea ventilators can over time develop a failure where the ventilator activates a false extended hihg ppeak alarm opens the safety valve and stops ventilating. while the extended high ppeak alarm is activated by design the safety valve ops to ambienta air and allowing spontaneous breathing patients to continue breathing. despite activation of the alarm under these circumstances the paitent is not subjected to elevated airway pressures.