Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 18531 |
| Brand Name: | ResMed Astral 100 & Astral 150 Portable ventilators |
| Model: | Astral 100 & Astral 150 |
| Affected: | All serial numbers |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | ResMed (NZ) Ltd 266 Runciman Road Pukekohe Auckland |
| Contact Information: | 0800 737 635 |
| Manufacturer: | ResMed (Australia) Ltd |
| Issue: | ResMed has initiated a recall for product correction following a single incident overseas, in which an Astral ventilator had been disconnected from a high-dependency patient without an alarm sounding. It was later found that a health professional had disabled all of the alarms that would normally indicate disconnection. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 8/6/2015 |
