COVIDIEN-NEW VENTILATOR

Tell that to ones laid off last week. They were told to hang in there.

 

this is pretty bad news

https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-016-1431-1

hope fda and ecri wont see it

the bitchin gui is already obsolete

 

Complete bullshit.

1 you were warned here well before the 980 was even launched there were major issues
2 you told your customers the 980 was the bees knees, safe effective
3 you told your customers the 980 got patients off vent sooner and used less meds with no supporting data or approved claims
4 there were multiple 980 class 1 recalls and other major recalls globally
5 980 was pulled from nicu
6 Omar pulled the 980 in US due to its technical and multiple safety issues. Company lost $75-100MM revenue
7 company still sold 980 ous which raises serious patient safety and ethical considerations that fly in the face of MDT code of conduct
8 this smacks of the whole Panama incident, not OK for US but ok to risk patient safety ous
9 how can you go to any customer and expect to have any credibility after you tried to push a vent you knew had major issues and think it's remotely ok?

 

Ah, Panama. Who needs to test a vent on animals before you test them on humans? Totally helpless, sedated, wholly reliant on the vent.

PW, JW the General Managers boss thought JW was an expert at ventilation. Yet under his watch, PW, despite all his time at MDT, let JW skip animal testing, ship vents through Europe to hide their transport and test them on 2 patients in Central America. Thankfully someone called the ombudsman and the whole highly unethical "experiment" was eventually stopped before they killed somebody. Then JW decided it would be a good idea to test on animals. Bravo. Sign of a highly competent leader.

 

Fraud False labeling Public health at risk Adulteration Patient injury Handicap for Life Death Administration protects US med device industry but not the people Worst scandal in device industry ever

 

Hang in there Kaiser's a done deal.

 

Get your commission and run as fast as you can!

 

New software has been released still has issues. I wouldn't put the 980 on my loved ones.

 

What kind of issues have you seen?
/potential user

 

Funding
This study was sponsored by the Maquet Getinge Group.

 

I would ask SF Gen

 

GUI still blanks. Just hit reset now and it comes back. Nice fix.

 

Not on all vents. It's all good.

 

Doesn't need to be all vents it's enough vents out there that it compromises patient safety.

 

The 840 GUI has been going blank for over 10 years.

 

Excuses Excuses shouldn't be happening to new units out of the box. Stop making excuses and fix it. SFG would appreciate it.

 

840 is still the best ventilator on the market. Sickest patient requires the 840. That's a fact jack.