The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia issued a medical device safety alert concerning power pac batteries supplied with Newport HT70/HT70 Plus ventilator, manufactured by Newport Medical Instruments. The affected serial numbers were between 2096134110001 and 2292048120050, and affected revision numbers were Revision C through Revision F.
There were customer reports of Newport HT70 and HT70 Plus ventilators alarming and going to internal backup battery sooner than expected while the ventilator is being operated on the Power Pac battery. The manufacturer will replace the recalled batteries at the customer's location.
For details, please refer to TGA website
http://www.tga.gov.au/SARA/arn-entry.aspx
If you are in possession of the product, please contact your supplier for necessary actions.
Posted on 10 April 2013