Philips Warns of Faulty Ventilators Amid Mounting Safety Issues

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Philips has issued a safety notice for certain ventilator models used in hospitals, which can unexpectedly stop working due to an error. The warning has been issued by the Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd and affects all devices within the Trilogy Evo, Trilogy Evo O2, and Trilogy EV3000 series. It is reported that the US FDA has certainly sold tens of thousands of examples. Philips states that the devices are also used in Dutch hospitals, but …

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Due to a bug in the software, the air supply in a range of Philips ventilators can simply stop in the event of a false alarm for a dead battery, the company warns in a letter distributed by the Health Care and Youth Inspectorate.

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Philips is again facing a problem with one of its ventilators. This time it concerns devices from the healthcare technology company that are only used in hospitals.

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Philips warns of problems with its Trilogy ventilators that hospitals use. Due to a production error, these devices may sound an alarm for an empty battery or a power failure. This stops ventilation in certain cases, which, according to Philips, can have serious consequences for the patient if healthcare workers do not intervene. So far, the medical technology company has received twenty reports about these types of failures. It is not known wh…

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Philips has published a warning about software issues with Trilogy series ventilators. The problems can cause the devices to fail, which can be dangerous for the connected patient.