Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de HeartStart MRx Defibrillator

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Philips Healthcare Inc..

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    64860
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1189-2013
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2013-04-08
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2013-04-29
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2017-01-10
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    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.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Automated external defibrillators (non-wearable) - Product Code MKJ
  • Causa
    Device may fail to deliver defibrillation therapy in either manual defib or aed mode.
  • Acción
    The firm, Philips Healthcare, sent an "Field Safety Notice-URGENT - MEDICAL DEVICE RECALL" letter dated April 2013 to its customers. The letter describes the product, problem and actions to be taken. In addition, letter provides instructions for using the MRx prior to receiving the software upgrade and informs the customer that Philips is initiating a correction consisting of a software upgrade for all units affected. The customers were instructed to follow the "ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY CUSTOMER/USER" section of the Field Safety Notice; send a copy of the attached package including customer letter and Field Safety Notice to any customer to whom you have distributed one of the affected device; and provide your local Philips organization with the names and addresses of customers to whom you have sold affected devices, so that arrangements can be made to perform the software updates. Should you have any questions or concerns about this device correction, please contact your local Philips representative at 1-800-722-9377. Philips updated the Field Safety Notice dated May 2013 to users who have not had the software upgrade performed. It provided additional information in the "Problem Description" and "Action to Be Taken By Customer/User".

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Serial numbers ranging from US00100100 to US00565942  Product Codes: M3536A, M3536J, M3536M, M3536MC, M3536M2, M3536M4, M3536M5, M3536M6
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    3
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) and countries of: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, 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, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands (Antilles), New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigera, 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, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Veit Nam, and Yemen.
  • Descripción del producto
    HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defribillator; Product Codes: M3536A, M3536J, M3536M, M3536MC, M3536M2, M3536M4, M3536M5, M3536M6. || The HeartStart MRx is for use for the termination of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Philips Healthcare Inc., 3000 Minuteman Road, Andover MA 01810
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Source
    USFDA