Terminated

Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator; M3535A, M3536A, M3536J, M3536M, M3536MC, M3536M2, M3536M4, M3536M5, M3536M6. For use for the termination of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.

FDA Recall Z-0320-2016 · Posted 2015-11-20

Recalling FirmPhilips Electronics North America Corporation

Recall StatusTerminated

Product CodeMKJ

Date Initiated2015-10-14

Date Terminated2018-09-13

Product Quantity81,161

Reason for Recall

The following MRx software issue has been identified: MRx model M3535A with software version F.03.06 and earlier, and model M3536A with version T.00.05 and earlier may stop the automated Ready-For-Use (RFU) test in an abnormal state when the device is turned off.

Firm Action

On 10/14/2015, Philips sent an Urgent Field Safety Notice to each known affected customer. The Urgent Medical Device Correction notification/ Field Safety Notice informs customers of the issue, identifies details of the units affected, gives instructions on actions to be taken by the customer and identifies what action Philips plans to take to remedy the issue. Philips will provide a software upgrade for M3535A (software version F.03.07 or higher) and M3536A (software version T.00.06 or higher) to correct this issue. A software upgrade will be provided free of charge for all affected products. A Philips Healthcare representative will contact customers with affected devices to arrange for installation of the upgrades. Philips is asking customers to follow the Action to be Taken by Customer/User section of the Urgent Medical Device Correction notification/Field Safety Notice: All MRx users should be informed that if the pattern appears, they can continue to use the device. Once the MRx is turned on, the pattern will disappear and the device will function normally in all monitoring and therapy modes.

Root Cause

Software design

Distribution Pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US (nationwide) including Puerto Rico, and the countries of AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ARGENTINA, ARUBA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BOLIVIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska), CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ESTONIA, ETHIOPIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, HONG KONG, Hungary, ICELAND, India, INDONESIA, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, Iraq, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, Jordan, KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, KUWAIT, LAOS, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACAU, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MALTA, Mauritius, Mexico, MONGOLIA, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, Myanmar (Burma), NAMIBIA, NEPAL, NETHERLANDS, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, NEW CALEDONIA, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, State of Palestine, PANAMA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, REUNION, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVENIA, SOUTH, AFRICA, SPAIN, SRI, LANKA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UGANDA, UKRAINE, UNITED, ARAB, EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, and YEMEN

Related FDA 510(k) Records

Devices referenced by this recall via K-numbers.

K062233HEARTSTART MRX MONITOR/DEFIBRILLATORPhilips Medical Systems North America, Inc. · 2006-11-22 K061707HEARTSTART MRX, INVASIVE PRESSURE & TEMPERATURE OPTIONSPhilips Medical Systems · 2006-08-11 K051134HEARTSTART MRX WITH Q-CPR OPTION, MODELS M3535A OR M3536APhilips Medical Systems · 2005-09-08 K040404HEARTSTART MRX, MODEL M3535APhilips Medical Systems, Inc. · 2004-05-04 K031187HEARTSTART MRX, MODEL M3535APhilips Medical Systems · 2003-08-27

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