Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 26171 |
| Brand Name: | Perseus Anaesthesia Family of Devices/Systems |
| Model: | Drager Perseus A500 Anesthesia Machine |
| Affected: | |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Draeger New Zealand Ltd Unit 4 24 Bishop Dunn Place East Tamaki Auckland 2013 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 559 186 |
| Manufacturer: | Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA |
| Issue: | The manufacturer has become aware of isolated cases in which the Medibus interface of the Perseus A500 Anaesthesia Machine was disrupted by external non-Medibus-compliant data packages such that the internal processor became overloaded. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Software to be upgraded |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 24/6/2020 |
