Tag: Trilogy
Philips updates vent instructions
November 25, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Philips has updated its instructions for using Trilogy Evo, EvoO2, EV300, Evo Universal, Aeris EVO, Garbin EVO and LifeVent EVO2 due to risk of inaccurate flow measurements caused by certain in-line nebulizer placements, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company says to be aware that this issue may affect any device that has ever been used with in-line nebulizer treatments. The updated instructions include making sure all alarms are set appropriately and keeping...
Philips issues correction for vents
October 8, 2024HME News Staff
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Philips Respironics has issued a voluntary correction for Trilogy Evo, Trilogy Evo O2, Trilogy Evo Universal and Trilogy EV300 ventilators regarding the use of in-line nebulizers.
The company has determined that, in some circumstances, the use of in-line nebulizers placed in certain locations may lead to aerosol deposits forming over time on the ventilator flow sensor. Should this occur, there is a possibility of patient impact due to one or more of the following...
Philips pauses remediation program for vents
November 21, 2022HME News Staff
AMSTERDAM – Philips has temporarily paused its remediation program for its Trilogy 100/200 ventilators while it investigates a limited number of complaints on remediated units.
“We anticipate a several week delay from our initial four- to six-week timeline in providing remediated devices back to our customers,” the company stated in a Nov. 7 update. “Remediating these devices in a timely manner is our top priority. In order to keep remediation progressing once our...
Philips recall: Vent providers in ‘wait-and-see mode’
July 2, 2021Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – Three weeks after Philips issued a voluntary recall for certain mechanical ventilators, including its popular Trilogy 100 and 200, providers say they're still waiting for guidance on how to move forward.
“Right now, we’re in wait-and-see mode,” said Chris Burgess, vice president of clinical services for Med Emporium in Charlotte, N.C. “We haven’t been given guidance. We’ll roll out a corrective action, as soon as we get...
Philips helps providers 'break cycle' with connected vent
August 3, 2017HME News Staff
AMSTERDAM - Royal Philips has made its wirelessly connected Trilogy family of portable ventilators commercially available in North America. The Bluetooth-enabled devices, which connect to Care Orchestrator, deliver data directly to mobile devices or the desktops of healthcare providers multiple times per day, allowing them to make clinical decisions more proactively, according to a press release. Care Orchestrator is a cloud-based software application that enables data, clinical management workflow,...
Respironics connects vents to care management app
July 22, 2016HME News Staff
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. - Philips Respironics announced July 21 that its Trilogy family of portable ventilators will be activated to connect to its Care Orchestrator care management application later this year. Care Orchestrator is an application that connects clinical management workflow, informatics and intelligence for providers, payers and patients within a single cloud-based platform. Philips Respironics has distributed connectivity-ready Trilogy vents in North America since 2015, in preparation for...