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Recall of Device Recall Philips Healthcare

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
    73209
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0853-2016
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-01-04
  • Event Status
    Open, Classified
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=143570
  • 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
    Monitor, physiological, patient(with arrhythmia detection or alarms) - Product Code MHX
  • Reason
    The st elevation alarm on the patient monitor or standalone x2 measurement module will not sound when indicated for all chest leads derived using hexad 12-lead ecg monitoring in the host monitor.
  • Action
    Philips Healthcare issued the Field Safety Notice on January 4, 2016, and informed customers of the issue, identifies details of the units affected, gives instructions on actions to be taken by the customer and identifies what action Philips plans to take to remedy the issue. Philips is asking customers to follow the Action to be Taken by Customer/User section of the Field Safety Notice: Until your software is upgraded, please make sure that the ST Analysis is switched ON when using STE measurement in the Hexad 12-lead ECG Monitoring. This can be done by entering the ST Analysis Menu and select ST Analysis to On. For more detailed information, please refer to the Instructions for Use (IFU) of your host monitor or to the X2 Measurement Module IFU. Philips will provide a software correction free of charge. For further questions please call (978) 659-3000.

Device

Device Recall Philips Healthcare
  • Model / Serial
    Software Revision:K.21.54 or L.00.96
  • Product Classification
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Device Class
    2
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution - Nationwide Distribution and to the countries of : Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran ( Islamic Republic of ) Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar(Burma) Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Province of China, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam.
  • Product Description
    Philips IntelliVue Measurement Module X1 || Model: M3001A
  • 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