Events

Recall of SONY LMD-1951MD MONITORS

According to Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration, this recall involved a device in Australia that was produced by Sony Australia Limited.

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-2015-RN-00032-1
  • Event Risk Class
    Class I
  • Event Initiated Date
    2015-01-16
  • Event Country
    Australia
  • Event Source
    DHTGA
  • Event Source URL
    https://apps.tga.gov.au/Prod/sara/arn-detail.aspx?k=RC-2015-RN-00032-1
  • 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
    In some situations, a lmd-1951md medical monitor has either not turned on or has lost the image during clinical use. sony's investigation indicates that the issue is the result of a potential disconnection of the internal power supply caused by a failure of a power board integrated circuit. this problem is caused by a non-conformity in the circuit board resulting in a short circuit with over-current and damage to the circuitry and concomitant loss of image. the failure does not occur when an ac adapter (ac-110md) is used with the monitor.
  • Action
    Sony is replacing the power board of all affected units. In the interim, end users are advised to only use the AC adapter to avoid the issue occurring. This action has been closed-out on 18/07/2016.

Device

SONY LMD-1951MD MONITORS

Manufacturer

Sony Australia Limited
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Sony Corp.
  • Source
    DHTGA