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ConMed Corporation: ADULT Radiotransparent Electrode, REF/Catalog Number 2516H-PC, Rx ONLY --- COMPARABLE TO PHILIPS MEDICAL HEARTSTART ELECTRODES PLUG STYLE CONNECTOR
- Recall number
- Z-0458-2015
- Recalling firm
- ConMed Corporation
- Product
- ADULT Radiotransparent Electrode, REF/Catalog Number 2516H-PC, Rx ONLY --- COMPARABLE TO PHILIPS MEDICAL HEARTSTART ELECTRODES PLUG STYLE CONNECTOR
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2014-11-06
- Posted
- 2014-12-04
- Terminated
- 2017-10-30
- Reason
- Philips Healthcare made changes to the design of the connection between multifunction electrodes and their HeartStart FR3 and HeartStart FRx AEDs. The failure to connect may result in a delay of therapy, which could result in patient death or serious injury.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- ConMed sent an Urgent Device Correction letter dated November 16, 2014, to all affected consignees via UPS Next Day Air. The letter instructed consignees to notify all end users of the correction. For questions or additional information, consignees were instructed to contact ConMed at 1-727-399-5276 or by e-mail at multifunctionelectrodes@conmed.com. International notices were sent via UPS Priority or equivalent by November 19, 2014.
- Quantity
- 174,610 (168,090 US and 6,520 OUS) in total.
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) Puerto Rico, and Internationally to Bosnia, Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Republic of Korea, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, and Spain.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- All Lot Codes
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K020203"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MKJ
- Firm FEI
- 3001451571
- Firm city
- Utica
- Firm state
- NY
- 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
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28