Tag: VOCSN
FDA announces Ventec vent recall
March 11, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of the Ventec Life Systems VOCSN patient breathing package (pediatric, active, oxygen, blue) for a manufacturing issue with its bonded spiral wrap. The recall, a Class I or most serious type of recall, is a correction, not a product removal. The issue: The spiral wrap detaching before or during ventilation, with the potential of compromising the structural integrity and functionality or of causing blockage, stoppage or...
Ventec adds Parachute Health’s e-prescribing platform
September 30, 2021HME News Staff
BOTHELL, Wash. – Ventec Life Systems has integrated its VOCSN group of ventilators with Parachute Health’s e-prescribing platform. “Streamlining care for patients is at the heart of Ventec Life Systems, and we are proud to support innovative technology such as the Parachute Platform to provide greater access to the benefits of integrated respiratory care provided through the VOCSN group of ventilators,” said Jim Alwan, president and CEO of Ventec Life Systems. “And with...
CMS makes change to multi-function vents permanent
June 9, 2020HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Starting April 20, CMS permanently suspended claims editing for multi-function ventilators when there are claims for separate devices in history that have not met their reasonable useful lifetime, according to a revised MLN Matters article.Effective immediately, DME suppliers may provide and bill for multi-function vents described by code E0467 as an upgrade in situations where beneficiaries only meet the coverage criteria for a vent.Ventec Life Systems, which makes the VOCSN multi-function...
Ventec connects VOCSN
November 8, 2019HME News Staff
BOTHELL, Wash. - Ventec Life Systems, the manufacturer of the VOCSN multi-function ventilator, has launched VOCSN Multi-View to provide patient trending and monitoring across multiple therapies. Mult-View is designed to summarize patient data and create trend reports to facilitate actionable and informed treatment decisions and care plans, drive proactive interventions, control costs and deliver seamless care across providers from hospital to home, company officials say. “Multi-View now provides...
Ventec gears up
December 21, 2018Liz Beaulieu, Editor
BOTHELL, Wash. - With payment rules and rates finalized for multi-function vents, Ventec Life Systems, maker of the VOCSN, is ready to open the gates to new business on Jan. 1.CMS released a final rule in November that introduced a new code for multi-function vents, E0467, and outlined payment rules, including that a Medicare beneficiary who requires a vent and only one other therapy is eligible for a multi-function vent. “This is really important, as almost all vent patients need at least...
IVS ready to promote VOCSN
August 31, 2018Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
NORWOOD, Mass. - The people behind the new company Integrated Vent Solutions say multi-function ventilator technology is a game changer.IVS will serve as the exclusive distributor of the VOCSN, a portable device that combines a ventilator, oxygen concentrator, cough assist, suction and nebulizer into one unified system,in New England.“The VOCSN is probably the most exciting development in the ventilator space in 20 years,” said Eric Mongeau, managing director of IVS.The VOCSN, manufactured...
New vent provider launches
August 29, 2018HME News Staff
NORWOOD, Mass. - Integrated Vent Solutions has launched to serve as the sole distributor of the VOCSN in New England. The VOCSN is a portable device from Ventec Life Systems that combines a ventilator, oxygen concentrator, cough assist, suction and nebulizer into one unified system. “Patients need, and deserve, medical devices that improve their health and make their lives easier,” said Eric Mongeau, IVS managing director, in a press release. We are proud to provide our patients with...
VOCSN: 'Not just another ventilator'
April 14, 2017HME News Staff
BOTHELL, Wash. - Ventec Life Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its VOCSN, a unified respiratory systems for ventilator patients. VOCSN combines five respiratory therapies—ventilation, oxygen, cough, suction and nebulization—and is designed to improve care for patients with neuromuscular disease, impaired lung function, spinal cord injury and pediatric development complications. The system is designed for use in hospital institutional, transport and home settings, and enables...