Lithium Ion Battery M4605A and M4607A for use with IntelliVue Patient Monitors. The monitor is used for monitoring and recording of, and to generate alarms for, multiple physiological parameters.

Reason: The risk of battery failure increases with age, when a battery remains in use longer than 3 years after date of manufacture or 500 charge-discharge cycles. Such failure can result in overheating that in rare cases can cause the battery to ignite or explode.

Code information: Patient Monitor Product numbers M3002A, M8102A, M8105A, M8001A, M8002A, M8003A, M8004A, M8027A, M8001AU, M8002AU, M8003AU, and M8004AU with software releases up to and including G.0.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - Including US Nationwide, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, China, Slovakia, Sweden, and Turkey.