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Philips Medical Systems: Heartstart FR2+ automated external defibrillator models M3861A and M3841A are NOT equipped with the ECG Module. Model M3861A is under the Philips label and M3841A is under the Laerdal label.
- Recall number
- Z-0062-2010
- Recalling firm
- Philips Medical Systems
- Product
- Heartstart FR2+ automated external defibrillator models M3861A and M3841A are NOT equipped with the ECG Module. Model M3861A is under the Philips label and M3841A is under the Laerdal label.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2009-10-01
- Posted
- 2009-12-08
- Terminated
- 2013-09-27
- Reason
- A potential exists for a component failure, which, if it occurs, could result in the inability to deliver therapy.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- On September 28, 2009 Philips issued a nationwide press release. On October 1, 2009 the firm issued notification letters to consignees arranging for the return and replacement of the affected units. The firm also set up a page on their website with a serial number look-up tool. For further information or support concerning this issue, customers are asked to contact Philips at 1.800.263.3342 or visit www.philips.com/FR2PlusAction for the serial number look-up list, answers to frequently asked questions, directions for the battery insertion test, and the replacement AED selection form.
- Quantity
- see Z-0063-2010
- Distribution
- Domestic and Worldwide distribution to: United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- The following letter codes are used in conjunction with the catalog numbers to indicate language of Instructions for Use (IFU) and FR2+ voice prompts: ABA=U.S. English; ABU=U.K. English; ABD=German; ABE=Spanish; ABF=French; ABH=Dutch; ABI=Hong Kong; ABJ=Japanese; ABN=Norwegian; ABO=Taiwanese; ABS=Swedish; ABX=Finland; ABZ=Italian; AB2=China; and AC4=Portugal. Additional (non-language related) letter codes for product: A01=Product with TSO (Technical Standard Order) approved battery; and RF=Service Replacement.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K051632"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MKJ
- Firm FEI
- 1000524572
- Firm city
- Seattle
- Firm state
- WA
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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