Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de HeartStart MRx Defibrillator/Monitor

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
    51673
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-1390-2009
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2009-04-10
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2009-06-02
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2016-12-08
  • 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
    Spontaneous turn-on which could deplete the battery, rendering the device unusable until power is restored. there is also the possibility of a failure mode in which the device fails to respond to user initiated turn-on, rendering it unusable for monitoring and therapy.
  • Acción
    Philips notified customers via Urgent Medical Device Recall Letter & Notice dated March 2009. Customers are asked to follow the "Actions to be taken by customer/user section of the Urgent Medical Device Recall Notice. In this section, customers are given the following instructions: "During the interim period, as you await the upgrade for your device, you may continue to use the Heartstart MRx. However, to reduce the risk that a spontaneous turn-on could deplete the battery, it is advised that you keep: a charged spare battery with the Heartstart MRx AC power applied, if possible, when the device is not in use You should also consider identifying a readily available backup defibrillator to use in the unlikely event that the device fails to turn on. Devices that exhibit a spontaneous turn-on or failure to respond to user initiated turn on should be removed from service as soon as possible." Philips will replace the therapy switch in affected units free of charge per Mandatory Field Change Order FC086100077. All customers will be contacted by a Philips Healthcare representative to arrange for replacement of the therapy switch in the affected devices.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    3
  • ¿Implante?
    No
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA, Canada, Afghanistan, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua, New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saudia Arabia, Serbia & Montenegro, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.
  • Descripción del producto
    HeartStart MRx Defibrillator/Monitor, M3535A/M3536A || Is used for the termination of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. The device is for use by qualified medical personnel trained in the operation of the device and qualified by training basic life support, advanced cardiac support, or defibrillation. It must be used by or on the order of a physician.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

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