Reported Nov 4, 2020 · Terminated

Philips Sterilizable Defibrillator Paddles, Switched Internal Paddles, Model Numbers M4741A, M4742A, M4743A, M4744A -…

Philips North America, LLC

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Philips North America, LLC · 3000 Minuteman Rd · Andover, MA · 01810-1032

Is this the product you have?

    • Philips Sterilizable Defibrillator Paddles
    • Switched Internal Paddles
    • Model Numbers M4741A
    • M4742A
    • M4743A
  • M4744A - Product Usageused in pairs to transmit a controlled electrical shock from an external defibrillator directly to the exposed heart muscle of a post-pubescent patient in order to intentionally stop start the heartbeat during cardiopulmonary surgery
Lot codes and dates
  • All units manufactured and distributed January 2015 to August 2020.
Amount recalled
8,942

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

The periodic Paddle Checks recommended in the Instructions for Use for Sterilizable Defibrillator Paddles may not detect one failure mode for the Switched Internal Defibrillator Paddles. Philips has created an addendum to the IFU, that includes a test for the switched paddles only, which will detect this failure mode.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Sep 13, 2022 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:19 PM UTC

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