BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien (NYS: COV) , a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, today added a new ...

Medtronic plc MDT recently announced that it has initiated a voluntary global recall of certain batches of its neonatal and pediatric Shiley tracheostomy tubes, manufactured by its recently acquired ...

DUBLIN - June 23, 2015 - Medtronic (MDT) announced that on May 8, 2015, it began notifying hospitals and distributors worldwide that affected lots of its Covidien Shiley(TM) tracheostomy tubes were ...

Medical device firm Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) has recalled several lots of cuffed Shiley brand tracheostomy tubes, which are inserted into patients’ windpipes to help them breathe when they can not do ...

Editor's note: On August 15, 2012, the FDA formally classified this action as a class 1 recall. It also provided the following recommendations for healthcare professionals: "Customers should return ...

A fenestrated tracheostomy tube contains openings that allow air to pass through the area of the throat that leads to the mouth and nose. In a tracheostomy, a surgeon creates an opening in the front ...

Covidien COV, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, today added a new product to its family of ShileyTM neonatal ...