FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Lifewatch Services Inc: ACT Cellular Phone Monitor; a component of the ACT Ambulatory Cardiac Telemetry; an automatically activated system with a high performance EKG, office hookup and auto send/auto detect that requires no patient intervention to either capture or transmit an arrhythmia when it occurs; Manufactured by Card Guard, 2 Pekeris St, Rehovot, 76100, Israel; there are two models used with either the ACT 1 sensor or the ACT III sensor: a) Model Ozone-HTC b) Model BlackJack2 SGH-i617 LifeStar ACT provides critical ECG information by capturing the onset and termination/escape of an arrhythmia to assist in correctly identifying and treating the patient. Patients are monitored for up to 30 days and all of the data is available at the request of the physician during the service period and for 7 days following the end of service.
- Recall number
- Z-0208-2012
- Recalling firm
- Lifewatch Services Inc
- Product
- ACT Cellular Phone Monitor; a component of the ACT Ambulatory Cardiac Telemetry; an automatically activated system with a high performance EKG, office hookup and auto send/auto detect that requires no patient intervention to either capture or transmit an arrhythmia when it occurs; Manufactured by Card Guard, 2 Pekeris St, Rehovot, 76100, Israel; there are two models used with either the ACT 1 sensor or the ACT III sensor: a) Model Ozone-HTC b) Model BlackJack2 SGH-i617 LifeStar ACT provides critical ECG information by capturing the onset and termination/escape of an arrhythmia to assist in correctly identifying and treating the patient. Patients are monitored for up to 30 days and all of the data is available at the request of the physician during the service period and for 7 days following the end of service.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2011-09-26
- Posted
- 2011-11-17
- Terminated
- 2012-05-15
- Reason
- LifeWatch received complaints of minor shocks and burns during use of the LifeStar ACT systems with shorts in the leads.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- The firm, LifeWatch, sent an " Urgent Device Recall" letter dated September 27, 2011 to the affected customers. The letter describes the product, problem and action to be taken. The customers were instructed to immediately refrain from providing these devices to their customers; stop using the affected sensors, return their entire kit in the pre-paid mailer, and use the new device kit included with the recall letter. In addition, the letter informed the users that the replacement device has upgraded software and firmware that allows for detection of shorts in the cable, and if detected, cuts off current flow to the patient to prevent minor shocks and burns. If you have any questions, please call (847) 813-4258.
- Quantity
- 532 phone monitors
- Distribution
- Nationwide distribution.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Models Ozone-HTC and BlackJack2 SGH-i617, all serial numbers with software version 5.5.9
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K071995","K081257","K101639","K110499"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- DXH
- Firm FEI
- 1000127138
- Firm city
- Rosemont
- Firm state
- IL
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- 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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