FierceBiotech

Hamilton duels unexpected ventilator shutdowns in FDA Class I recall

The recall began after Hamilton received reports that software issues were causing some of its ventilators—including the C1 model, pictured here—to switch to “Ambient State” without notice, emitting ...
MD&M East

Hamilton Medical Ventilator Recall Deemed Class I

FDA recently announced that Hamilton Medical is recalling its Hamilton C1/T1/MR-1 ventilators. The recall is identified as Class I. The company originally sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction ...
FierceBiotech

Hamilton Medical sees 2nd Class I ventilator recall, now for short-circuiting electronic hardware

This hardware recall affected a smaller number of Hamilton’s T1 and C1 ventilators, the latter pictured above, compared to the previous software issue. It also included the MR1, designed for ICUs and ...
San Diego Reader

VA mutes ventilator alarm, paralyzed patient dies

Sloppy supervision, a muted alarm, and lack of training led to the suffocation death of a severely paralyzed patient at San Diego's Veterans Administration hospital last year when an alarm failed to ...