Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator receives CE Mark and 510 (k) approval - Covidien

Covidien plc has announced its Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator has received European Economic Area (EEA) CE Mark approval on 3 March 2014. The new acute care ventilator from Covidien � designed to be simple, safe and smart � helps enable patients, from neonatal to adult, to breathe more naturally through some of the most innovative breath technology available. The Puritan Bennett 980 ventilator system is for patients ranging from neonatal to adult. The ventilator system was also approved for commercial distribution in the U.S. on 26 February 2014 and approved in Japan and Canada and will be available for sale in those countries as well as the EEA in the coming months.