Events

Recall of Corpuls Defibrillator (Automated defibrillator).

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Device Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    RC-2012-RN-01234-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2012-12-07
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2012-RN-01234-1
  • Notes / Alerts
    Australian data is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Australia.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    Due to a malfunction of the software, the display on the monitoring unit may sporadically freeze and stop being operable, after a diagnostic ecg has been started. the error manifests as extremely slow curve build-up or lack of curves in the d-ecg preview. in this condition, the device no longer reacts to keys being pressed.
  • Action
    As an interim measure, the sponsor is providing work around instructions to reduce the probability of occurrence. A software update will be installed to permanently correct the issue as soon as possible.

Device

Corpuls Defibrillator (Automated defibrillator).

Manufacturer

Device Technologies Australia Pty Ltd