Maquet Critical Care Ab: Gas-machine, Anesthesia

Recall Summary Maquet Critical Care AB is recalling multiple Flow anesthesia machines because the vaporizer may fail to deliver anesthetic agent when activated, potentially leaving patients under-anesthetized during surgery. This malfunction could result in patients waking up during procedures. The recall affects Flow-i and Flow-c/Flow-e models distributed nationwide across the United States.

Recalling firm
Maquet Critical Care AB
Product
Flow Anesthesia Machine Flow-i C20 6677200 Flow-i C30 6677300 Flow-i C40 6677400 Flow-i C20 6888520 Flow-i C30 6888530 Flow-i C40 6888540 Flow-c 6887700 Flow-e 6887900
Reason
Events observed where anesthetic agent was not delivered when the vaporizer was activated. Failure to deliver the anesthetic agent may result in the patient receiving insufficient anesthesia and may lead to intraoperative awareness.
Classification
Class II
Category
medical device recall
Country
United States
Agency
FDA-DEVICES
Recall date
2026-06-24
Status
Open, Classified
Areas affected
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, ...
Distribution
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution to the states of AL, AR, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, MA, MI, MO, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WV.

Official recall notice from FDA-DEVICES

Recall details on Nibble Recalls: https://trynibble.app/recalls/4eeb2fdd-5181-402b-9e0d-754fcf0a8070