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Event 67487

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
February 18, 2014
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Philips Medical Systems, Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator; Models: M3535A, M3536A, M3536J, M3536M, M3536M5, and M3536MC. Used for the termination of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.

Z-1118-2014
Recall number
Z-1118-2014
Initiated
February 18, 2014
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
49929 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
ECG trunk cable and connector block of the MRx could be susceptible to accelerated wear, which could result in an interrupted ECG signal

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

ECG trunk cable and connector block of the MRx could be susceptible to accelerated wear, which could result in an interrupted ECG signal

Code information

Serial numbers within the range: US00100100 through US00550668

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) and the countries of AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ARGENTINA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BELGIUM BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA CANADA CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COSTA RICA CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska) CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ECUADOR EGYPT ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE GUADELOUPE HONG KONG ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN JORDAN KENYA KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KUWAIT LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU MACEDONIA MALAYSIA MALTA MEXICO MOROCCO NAMIBIA NETHERLANDS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PERU PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR REUNION ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION SAUDI ARABIA SINGAPORE SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF THAILAND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA VIET NAM YEMEN.