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Received Dec 23, 2025

Report 1314417-2025-00113 · MDR key 23877950

Device

Generic name

Airflow Adult Resuscitator With Integrated Manometer, B/v Filter, 40cm Pop-off,

Manufacturer

Vent Lab Llc

Model number

AF5142MBP

Catalog number

NA

Lot number

UNKNOWN

Product problems

  • Break
  • Break

Patient

NA · Unknown

  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE PRODUCT INVOLVED IN THE REPORT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR EVALUATION A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD IS NOT POSSIBLE AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. THE DOCUMENTED UDI IS BASED ON THE STOCK/PRODUCT CODE PROVIDED BY THE REPORTER; THE UDI-PI IS NOT AVAILABLE AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. ALL INFORMATION REASONABLY KNOWN AS OF 23 DEC 2025 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS HEALTH AUTHORITY REPORT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A FOLLOW-UP HEALTH AUTHORITY REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. REPRESENTS ALL OF THE KNOWN INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. DESPITE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE COMPLAINANT / REPORTER WAS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER PATIENT, PRODUCT, OR PROCEDURAL DETAILS TO SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. HAS NO INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENT REPORTED BUT IS RELAYING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE USER FACILITY WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS PRODUCT INCIDENT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE SUN MED HOLDINGS COMPLAINT DATABASE AND IDENTIFIED AS (B)(4). THIS INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO 21CFR803, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT AN SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE OR CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY.

Description of Event or Problem

SUNMED HOLDINGS LLC. RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED XX DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING XX DIFFERENT PATIENTS. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REPORTS. REFER TO 1314417-2025-00112 FOR THE FIRST REPORT. IT WAS REPORTED, THE SAFETY POP OFF VALVE BROKE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF A DELAY IN THERAPY, HURT, HARM OR INJURY AS A RESULT OF THIS REPORTED EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem

SUNMED HOLDINGS LLC. RECEIVED A SINGLE REPORT THAT REFERENCED TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENCES, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SEPARATE UNITS, INVOLVING TWO DIFFERENT PATIENTS. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REPORTS. REFER TO 1314417-2025-00112 FOR THE FIRST REPORT IT WAS REPORTED, THE SAFETY POP OFF VALVE BROKE. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF A DELAY IN THERAPY, HURT, HARM OR INJURY AS A RESULT OF THIS REPORTED EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

CORRECTION: B5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-INVESTIGATION COMPLETION: D4; H2; H6. THE ACTUAL COMPLAINT PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; HOWEVER, THE REPORTER PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE; ANALYSIS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE CONFIRMED THE COMPLAINT AS REPORTED 'SAFETY POP OFF VALVE// BROKEN'. THE REPORTED EVENT COULD BE CONFIRMED AS REPORTED; THE ROOT CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CHEMICAL REACTION, WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, THAT LEAD TO THE RELEASE OF INTERNAL STRESS IN THE ELBOW/HOUSING, RESULTING IN THE FORMATION OF CRACKS AND/OR FRACTURES. A TREND ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED AND FOUR (4) OTHER COMPLAINT WERE FOUND, REGARDING A 'BROKEN//SAFETY POP OFF VALVE', WITHIN THE 24 MONTHS PRECEDING THIS REPORTED EVENT; COMPLAINTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE TRENDS. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD IS NOT POSSIBLE AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. THE DOCUMENTED UDI IS BASED ON THE STOCK/PRODUCT CODE PROVIDED BY THE REPORTER; THE UDI-PI IS NOT AVAILABLE AS NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED ALL INFORMATION REASONABLY KNOWN AS OF 06 FEB 2026 HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS HEALTH AUTHORITY REPORT. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A FOLLOW-UP HEALTH AUTHORITY REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. REPRESENTS ALL OF THE KNOWN INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. DESPITE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE COMPLAINANT / REPORTER WAS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER PATIENT, PRODUCT, OR PROCEDURAL DETAILS TO SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. HAS NO INDEPENDENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE EVENT REPORTED BUT IS RELAYING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE USER FACILITY WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THIS PRODUCT INCIDENT IS DOCUMENTED IN THE SUN MED HOLDINGS COMPLAINT DATABASE AND IDENTIFIED AS COMPLAINT (B)(4). THIS INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO 21CFR803, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING REQUIREMENT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TO BE AN ADMISSION THAT AN SUN MED HOLDINGS LLC. PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE OR CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY.