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Device product

Brand Name: OBM00002 OBM DAB (Digital Acquisition Box) Product Name: OBM00002 OBM DAB (Digital Acquisition Box) Model/Catalog Number: OBM00002 OBM DAB (Digital Acquisition Box) Software Version: N/A Product Description: OBM00002 OBM DAB (Digital Acquisition Box) Component: No

Z-1925-2025

May 07, 2025

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Natus Neurology DBA Excel Tech., Ltd. (XLTEK)
Event
Event 96761
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class II
Quantity
3069
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1925-2025

Official wording

Reason: Electrode placement labels on the Digital Acquisition Box (DAB) were applied backwards. This may ultimately lead to misdiagnosis of seizure location in neonates monitored with this device.

Code information: UDI-DI 00382830010825 Serial Numbers 001 through OBM00002H3613. Note earlier version serial numbers did not contain the sequence of "OBM"

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide including Puerto Rico (PR) and OUS (foreign) countries of: Italy (IT), Estonia (EE), Israel (IL), China (CN), Germany (DE), Saudi Arabia (SA), Switzerland (CH), Chile (CL), Colombia (CO), Netherlands (the) (NL), Japan (JP), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(the) (GB), Russian Federation (the)(RU), Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (BO), Canada (CA), France (FR), Peru (PE), Guyana (GY), Mexico (MX), Belgium (BE), Thailand (TH), Paraguay (PY), Hong Kong (HK), United Arab Emirates (AE), Austria (AT), India (IN), Indonesia (ID), Kuwait (KW), Qatar (QA), Lithuania (LT), Denmark (DK), Myanmar (MM), Uruguay (UY), Tunisia (TN), Turkey (TR), Korea (the Republic of) (KR), Hungary (HU), Slovenia (SI), Argentina (AR), Norway (NO), Oman (OM), Poland (PL), Finland (FI), Ireland (IE), Australia (AU), Latvia (LV), Ecuador (EC), Singapore (SG), Spain (ES), Serbia (RS), South Africa (ZA), Romania (RO), Algeria (DZ), Portugal (PT), Dominican Republic (the) (DO), Lebanon (LB), Malaysia (MY), Costa Rica (CR), Viet Nam (VN), & Bahrain (BH).

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Electrode placement labels on the Digital Acquisition Box (DAB) were applied backwards. This may ultimately lead to misdiagnosis of seizure location in neonates monitored with this device.