ICU Medical’s Smiths Medical issued an urgent field safety notice to warn of a potential defect with some of its Bivona tracheostomy products. Posted out of Germany, the warning applies to a number of Bivona n
All Portex(R) SuctionPro(TM) 72 products include a swivel connector to reduce torque to the patient, a Trac-Wedge(TM) to aid in disconnecting the catheter from the patient's endotracheal or tracheostomy tube, and a patient label with day-of-the-week stickers to help monitor ...
The affected products include the Portex Bluselect, Blugriggs, and Bluperc tracheostomy kits, which are commonly used to assist patients with breathing when their airways are blocked. This recall is not an isolated incident for Smiths Medical; the company has faced ongoing quality and safety ...
An HME for a tracheostomy tube has a flexible outer housing of a gas-permeable material containing an HME element of discrete particles, granules or the like of a hygroscopic material. The particles are contained between the outer housing and an inner wall of a foam. The inner wall has a ...
In the US, Smiths Medical is benefiting from the move towards treatment of illnesses in their chronic, rather than acute stages. A number of airway management products and ambulatory pumps already address this trend – such as the CADD ambulatory infusion pump range and the Portex Acapella ...