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
Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.
Product dates, classifications, firms, and source wording remain attached to their individual rows.
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During use of the Philips FSE, it is possible for the metal electrode tip to break off and remain in the scalp of the newborn following labor and delivery.
These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.
Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown
An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.
During use of the Philips FSE, it is possible for the metal electrode tip to break off and remain in the scalp of the newborn following labor and delivery.
Code information
All products currently in distribution.
Distribution pattern
Distributed nationwide within US. Worldwide international distribution.
