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Event 91220

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
November 21, 2022
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Philips North America Llc

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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device · product 1 of 1

Philips Fetal Spiral Electrode-intended for patients requiring fetal heart rate monitoring during labor. PN: 989803137631

Z-0908-2023
Recall number
Z-0908-2023
Initiated
November 21, 2022
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Philips North America Llc
Quantity
69,679 cases (1,741,975 units)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Fetal Spiral Electrode (FSE) spiral tip of the FSE breaking off during use and requiring surgical intervention to remove the broken tip from the neonate patient. Philips has decided to discontinue the distribution of this product.

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Fetal Spiral Electrode (FSE) spiral tip of the FSE breaking off during use and requiring surgical intervention to remove the broken tip from the neonate patient. Philips has decided to discontinue the distribution of this product.

Code information

UDI: (01)20884838007431. All devices shipped to and received by the customer from Philips between May 2020 until end Nov 2022

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Cura¿ao, Czechia, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Republic Trinidad and Tabago, United Arab Emerates, United Kingdom.