Events

Recall of Device Recall Lifescreen Apnea

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Del Mar Reynolds Medical, Ltd..

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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
    60592
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0520-2012
  • Event Initiated Date
    2011-11-11
  • Event Date Posted
    2012-01-11
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2012-06-05
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=105891
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Ventilatory, effort recorder - Product Code MNR
  • Reason
    When lifescreen is left open and a new recording is loaded from sentinel cardiology information management system, customers can get corruption in the data or a wrong ecg after the first 32 hours. both recordings have to be longer than 32 hours for this to happen.
  • Action
    Spacelabs Healthcare sent an "URGENT-MEDICAL DEVICE CORRECTION" letter dated November 11, 2011 to all affected customers. The letter described the product, problem, and actions to be taken by the customers. Customers are advised to close Lifescreen every time before loading another recording from the Sentinel database. Spacelabs is in the process of upgrading software and will contact customers to arrange for an update to affected systems. If you have any questions about this corrective action program, please contact Spacelabs Healthcare at 1-800-522-7025 and select 2 for Technical Support.

Device

Device Recall Lifescreen Apnea
  • Model / Serial
    There is no Serial Numbers for 169 Kits. 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PATH-006074, PATH-006075, PATH-006077, PATH-006099, PATH-006101, PATH-006102, PATH-006103, PATH-006104, PATH-006105, PATH-006106, PATH-006108, PATH-006109, PATH-006110, PATH-006112, PATH-006113, PATH-006114, PATH-006115, PATH-006120, PATH-006132, PATH-006158, PATH-006159, PATH-006160, PATH-006161, PATH-006162, PATH-006163, PATH-006164, PATH-006165, PATH-006166, PATH-006175, PATH-006182, PATH-006183, PATH-006184, PATH-006186, PATH-006188, PATH-006190, PATH-006237, PATH-006238, PATH-006239, PATH-006250, PATH-006251, PATH-006252, PATH-006253, PATH-006254, PATH-006255, PATH-006256, PATH-006258, PATH-006259, PATH-006299, PATH-006300, PATH-006301, PATH-006302, PATH-006306, PATH-006309, PATH-006314, PATH-006315, PATH-006316, PATH-006317, PATH-006318, PATH-006319, PATH-006320, PATH-006321, PATH-006322, PATH-006323, PATH-006324, PATH-006325, PATH-006326, PATH-006327, PATH-006328, PATH-006329, PATH-006332, PATH-006333, PATH-006344, PATH-006350, PATH-006351, PATH-006353, PATH-006382, PATH-006407, 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PATH-006774, PATH-006830, PATH-006831, PATH-006853, PATH-006858, PATH-006859, PATH-006860, PATH-006861, PATH-006862, PATH-006872, PATH-006873, PATH-006874, PATH-006877, PATH-006878, PATH-006984.   4 additional serial numbers were added 6/5/12 - PATH-006332, PATH-006333, PATH-006350, and PATH-006351.
  • Product Classification
    Anesthesiology Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including the states of AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NY, OH, TN, TX, UT, WV, and PUERTO RICO and the countries of AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, INDIA, ISRAEL, ITALY, KUWAIT, MALTA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, OMAN, POLAND, PORTUGAL, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SINGAPORE, Slovakia, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, and UNITED KINGDOM
  • Product Description
    Lifescreen Apnea is Lifescreen ECG Screening System, Version 3.31. || Lifescreen Apnea is indicated for screening adults for the probability that they suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, mixed apnea or hypopnea, in order to evaluate the necessity for a polysomonographic examination. The ECG recording may be obtained at any location specified by a physician including home, hospital or clinic. Subjects screened for sleep apnea should have periods of sleep of at least 4 hours duration during which the ECG is predominantly sinus rhythm in nature.
  • Manufacturer
    Del Mar Reynolds Medical, Ltd.

Manufacturer

Del Mar Reynolds Medical, Ltd.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Del Mar Reynolds Medical, Ltd., 1-2 Harforde Ct., Foxholes, Business Park, Hertford United Kingdom
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    OSI Systems Inc
  • Source
    USFDA