Events

Recall of Device Recall Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Philips Medical Systems, Inc..

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
    67427
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-1110-2014
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-02-04
  • Event Date Posted
    2014-02-26
  • Event Status
    Completed
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=125439
  • 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
    Heartstart mrx defibrillator monitor therapy connection could experience accelerated wear causing risk for patients and/or caregivers.
  • Action
    Philips Medical North America issued on 2/4/14 the Urgent Medical Device Correction Notification/Field Safety Notice informs 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. The correction will consist of free of charge service support for the MRx therapy connection, including inspection of therapy connection, and installation of a stabilizing collar if not already present. If wear is detected, therapy components (including therapy pads/cables, CPR therapy cable, external paddles cable, and internal paddles cable/adapter) within their service life will be replaced. A Philips Healthcare representative will contact customers with affected devices to arrange for service. 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: You can continue to use your MRx prior to inspection and installation of upgrade hardware by a Philips Authorized Service Provider provided that upon receipt of this notification: Ensure you are performing ongoing therapy connection inspections on all of your MRx devices to detect wear. The HeartStart MRx Instructions for Use, 453564396411 Ed 1, 453564307761 Ed 2, or 453564174011, a previously circulated Therapy Connection Maintenance and Inspection When Used in Transport Addendum, Edition 6, describe how users can identify wear. If wear is detected, remove affected devices immediately from use and contact local Philips representative to arrange service or call 1-800-722-9377.

Device

Device Recall Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator
  • Model / Serial
    MRx devices and serial numbers within the following ranges: M3535A Serial Numbers: USD0100104 - USD0572207; M3536A Serial Numbers: USD0100902 - USD0543688; M3536J Serial Numbers USD0209838 - USD0332675; M3536M Serial Numbers: USD0500002 - USD0500009; M3536MC Serial Nukmbers: USD0500002 - USD0500028
  • Product Classification
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Device Class
    3
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution: USA (nationwide) and to countries of: AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ARGENTINA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BELGIUM BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA CAMBODIA CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FINLAND France GERMANY GHANA GREECE GUADELOUPE HONG KONG ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KUWAIT LAOS¿ LATVIA LEBANON LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA MALAYSIA MEXICO MONGOLIA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR (Burma)¿ NAMIBIA NEPAL NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALESTINE PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR REUNION ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAUDI ARABIA SERBIA SINGAPORE SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIET NAM YEMEN
  • Product Description
    Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator used || Model numbers: M3535A, M3536A, M3536J, M3536M, M3536MC
  • Manufacturer
    Philips Medical Systems, Inc.

Manufacturer

Philips Medical Systems, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Philips Medical Systems, Inc., 3000 Minuteman Rd, Andover MA 01810-1032
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Philips
  • Source
    USFDA