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Event 78702

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
July 17, 2017
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Philips Electronics North America Corporation

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  • 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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ECG Out Cable - Heartstart MRx M1783A/M5526A 12-pin Sync cables All units of Philips sync cables model M1783A and M5526A as well as Philips ECG out cables model 989803195641. Manufactured - September 4, 2002 October 8, 2014

Z-0348-2018
Recall number
Z-0348-2018
Initiated
July 17, 2017
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
15811

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Issue with ECG out cables. When a Philips monitor/defibrillator is receiving an ECG signal from an auxiliary bedside monitor via a sync cable or ECG out cable, the following can occur if the monitor/defibrillator experiences interference from electrical fast transients (EFTs): " On the HeartStart MRx and HeartStart XL, EFT noise may be misinterpreted as an R-wave. " On the HeartStart XL+, EFT noise can disable ECG monitoring and potentially interrupt demand mode pacing*. *Note: It is contrary to the XL+ Instructions for Use to perform demand mode pacing while using the ECG out cable or obtaining the ECG signal from a bedside monitor. The XL+ Instructions for Use includes the following warning: When pacing in Demand Mode, the ECG cable from the patient must be directly connected to the HeartStart XL+. If the user follows this warning, this problem cannot occur on the XL+.

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Reason for recall

Issue with ECG out cables. When a Philips monitor/defibrillator is receiving an ECG signal from an auxiliary bedside monitor via a sync cable or ECG out cable, the following can occur if the monitor/defibrillator experiences interference from electrical fast transients (EFTs): " On the HeartStart MRx and HeartStart XL, EFT noise may be misinterpreted as an R-wave. " On the HeartStart XL+, EFT noise can disable ECG monitoring and potentially interrupt demand mode pacing*. *Note: It is contrary to the XL+ Instructions for Use to perform demand mode pacing while using the ECG out cable or obtaining the ECG signal from a bedside monitor. The XL+ Instructions for Use includes the following warning: When pacing in Demand Mode, the ECG cable from the patient must be directly connected to the HeartStart XL+. If the user follows this warning, this problem cannot occur on the XL+.

Code information

M1783A/M5526A 12-pin Sync cables All units of Philips sync cables model M1783A and M5526A as well as Philips ECG out cables model 989803195641

Distribution pattern

1067 US customers 163 Canada, 917 International