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Recall of Device Recall Philips

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Philips Electronics North America Corporation.

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
    72477
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0273-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-11-19
  • Event Date Posted
    2015-11-13
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2017-09-12
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=141182
  • 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
    Automated external defibrillators (non-wearable) - Product Code MKJ
  • Reason
    When a philips monitor/defibrillator is receiving an ecg signal from an auxiliary bedside monitor via a sync cable, the following can occur if the monitor/defibrillator experiences interference from electrical fast transients (efts) while connected to ac power: on the heartstart mrx and heartstart xl, eft noise can be misinterpreted as an r-wave. on the heartstart xl+, eft noise can disable ecg monitoring, and potentially interrupt demand mode pacing.
  • Action
    Philips sent an Urgent - Field Safety Notice dated November, 2014, to all affected customers. The letter identified the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by the customer. Philips plans to take to remedy the issue. A replacement cable will be provided free of charge for all units affected by this issue. A Philips Healthcare representative will contact customers with affected devices to arrange for installation of the upgrade. Philips is asking customers to follow the: Action to be Taken by Customer/User section of the Urgent Medical Device Correction notification/Field Safety Notice: Prior to receiving a replacement sync cable, you can continue to use affected sync cables, provided that they are only used to connect the ECG Out jack on the monitor/defibrillator to the ECG (input) port on a bedside monitor. The issues described in this letter do not impact this application of the sync cable. Affected sync cables should not be used to connect the ECG Out jack of a bedside monitor to the ECG (input) port on the monitor/defibrillator. For further questions please call (800) 722-9377.

Device

Device Recall Philips
  • Model / Serial
    All Philips M1783A and M5526A sync cables are affected by this issue. The model number is printed on the outside of the cable, near the end with the ¿ inch phone plug.
  • Product Classification
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Device Class
    3
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) and to the countries of : Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela and Yemen.
  • Product Description
    ECG Out Cable,for use with a Philips ALS monitor/ defibrillator and bedside monitor for Synchronized cardioversion and Transcutaneous pacing. M1783A/M5526A 12-pin Sync cables, used with HeartStart MRx and HeartStart XL and HeartStart XL+
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Electronics North America Corporation

Manufacturer

Philips Electronics North America Corporation
  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Electronics North America Corporation, 3000 Minuteman Rd, Andover MA 01810-1032
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    USFDA