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Device product

Spacelabs Healthcare CardioCall ECG Event Recorder, Models VS20, VS20x4, ST80, ST80x4, PCBAs PN # 670-1670-00 Product Usage: The CardioCall event recorder is worn by the patient to record a short period of electrocardiogram which can be sent to his physician.

Z-0172-2016

September 03, 2015

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Spacelabs Healthcare Inc
Event
Event 72211
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
275 devices (20 in US and 255 international) and 113 PCBAs (international only)
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0172-2016

Official wording

Reason: When the battery is inserted into the CardioCall ECG Event Recorder, the device beeps twice and is followed by a continuous ringing sound that only stops when battery is removed. The device has a self-test failure and will not operate normally.

Code information: PCBAs PN #: 670-1670-00. SERIAL NUMBERS in the US: CARD-200990, CARD-201287, CARD-623478, CARD-623775, CARD-624198, CARD-624224, CARD-624314, CARD-624387, CARD-624404, CARD-624413, CARD-624891, CARD-625061, CARD-625089, CARD-625124, CARD-625232, CARD-625269, CARD-625296, CARD-625304, CARD-625322, and CARD-625421. SERIAL NUMBERS OUTSIDE THE US: CARD-000019, CARD-000028, CARD-000037, CARD-000046, CARD-000064, CARD-000073, CARD-000073, CARD-000082, CARD-000091, CARD-000109, CARD-000118, CARD-000127, CARD-000136, CARD-000145, CARD-000163, CARD-000172, CARD-000181, CARD-000190, CARD-000208, CARD-000217, CARD-000226, CARD-000235, CARD-000244, CARD-000271, CARD-000280, CARD-000299, CARD-000307, CARD-000325, CARD-000334, CARD-000343, CARD-000352, CARD-000361, CARD-000370, CARD-000398, CARD-000406, CARD-000415, CARD-000424, CARD-000433, CARD-000442, CARD-000451, CARD-000479, CARD-000479, CARD-000488, CARD-000497, CARD-000505, CARD-000514, CARD-000523, CARD-000532, CARD-000550, CARD-000578, CARD-000596, CARD-000604, CARD-000613, CARD-000622, CARD-000631, CARD-000640, CARD-000659, CARD-000668, CARD-000677, CARD-000686, CARD-000703, CARD-000721, CARD-000730, CARD-000749, CARD-000758, CARD-000767, CARD-000776, CARD-000785, CARD-000785, CARD-000794, CARD-000802, CARD-000811, CARD-000820, CARD-000820, CARD-000839, CARD-000848, CARD-000857, CARD-000866, CARD-000875, CARD-000893, CARD-000910, CARD-000910, CARD-000929, CARD-000938, CARD-000947, CARD-000956, CARD-000974, CARD-000983, CARD-000992, CARD-001009, CARD-001018, CARD-001027, CARD-001027, CARD-001036, CARD-001045, CARD-001054, CARD-001063, CARD-001072, CARD-001072, CARD-001081, CARD-001090, CARD-001108, CARD-001117, CARD-001135, CARD-001144, CARD-001153, CARD-001171, CARD-001180, CARD-001199, CARD-001199, CARD-001207, CARD-001216, CARD-001225, CARD-001234, CARD-001243, CARD-001252, CARD-001261, CARD-001270, CARD-001289, CARD-001298, CARD-001306, CARD-001315, CARD-001333, CARD-001379, CARD-001388, CARD-001397, CARD-001405, CARD-001414, CARD-001423, CARD-001441, CARD-001603, CARD-002602, CARD-003304, CARD-003601, CARD-003908, CARD-005203, CARD-006103, CARD-200035, CARD-200116, CARD-200125, CARD-200486, CARD-200963, CARD-201016, CARD-201052, CARD-201124, CARD-201133, CARD-300016, CARD-300025, CARD-300034, CARD-300052, CARD-300070, CARD-300089, CARD-300098, CARD-300160, CARD-300188, CARD-300197, CARD-300205, CARD-300214, CARD-300223, CARD-300232, CARD-300269, CARD-300278, CARD-300313, CARD-300322, CARD-300331, CARD-300368, CARD-300395, CARD-300412, CARD-300421, CARD-300430, CARD-300458, CARD-300467, CARD-300476, CARD-300494, CARD-300511, CARD-300539, CARD-300548, CARD-300566, CARD-300576, CARD-300647, CARD-300656, CARD-300674, CARD-300692, CARD-300728, CARD-300755, CARD-300773, CARD-300782, CARD-300809, CARD-300818, CARD-300836, CARD-300881, CARD-300890, CARD-300917, CARD-300926, CARD-300944, CARD-301006, CARD-301042, CARD-301079, CARD-301114, CARD-301150, CARD-301178, CARD-301439, CARD-301484, CARD-400213, CARD-621894, CARD-623973, CARD-624846, CARD-625043, CARD-625160, CARD-625188, CARD-625250, CARD-625476, CARD-625511, CARD-625665, CARD-625818, CARD-627023, CARD-627546, CARD-627555, CARD-627564, CARD-627636, CARD-627645, CARD-627654, CARD-627663, CARD-627672, CARD-627708, CARD-627726, CARD-627744, CARD-627753, CARD-627771, CARD-627780, CARD-627834, CARD-627861, CARD-627898, CARD-627960, CARD-627997, CARD-628013, CARD-628031, CARD-628059, CARD-628077, CARD-628095, CARD-628112, CARD-628176, CARD-628220, CARD-628239, CARD-630065, CARD-630137, CARD-630146, CARD-630281, CARD-630443, CARD-630461, CARD-630498, CARD-630885, CARD-631235, CARD-631271, and CARD-631307.

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution in the states of Nebraska, South Carolina, and Washington and in the following countries of AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, CANADA, CHILE, DENMARK, GERMANY, GUATEMALA, HONG KONG, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, SINGAPORE, TURKEY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, and UNITED KINGDOM.

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    When the battery is inserted into the CardioCall ECG Event Recorder, the device beeps twice and is followed by a continuous ringing sound that only stops when battery is removed. The device has a self-test failure and will not operate normally.