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Device product

The product is Pathfinder SL, version 1.6.0.3057 software used with the Spacelabs Healthcare Pathfinder SL Holter Analyzer, version 1.6.0. Product Usage: The Holter Analyzer analyzes information collected from ambulatory electrocardiogram recorders worn by patients and used to assist physicians in diagnosis and patient monitoring. In addition, incorrect QTc values are reported after moving the cursor. QTc values are timing events between labeled points of interest in the ECG signal that the physician can mark with the cursor. The software is used to edit a family of events and upon conclusion the software crashes with an error message.

Z-1831-2012

May 11, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Spacelabs Healthcare, Llc
Event
Event 61913
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
114
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1831-2012

Official wording

Reason: The firm received reports of the Pathfinder LS software crashing after editing a batch of Holter Analyzer records. The software will stop with an error message requiring a restart. In addition, QTc values will not update after moving the marker.

Code information: Version 1.6.0.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) including the states of Nevada and Vermont, and the countries of AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, CANADA, CYPRUS, GERMANY, ICELAND, ISRAEL, POLAND, ROMANIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWITZERLAND, THAILAND, TURKEY and UNITED KINGDOM.

Derived failure modes

  • Device software or design

    reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0

    software will stop with an error