FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Philips Electronics North America Corp.: Philips HeartStart FRx AED.
- Recall number
- Z-1913-2018
- Recalling firm
- Philips Electronics North America Corp.
- Product
- Philips HeartStart FRx AED.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2018-03-14
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2020-08-19
- Reason
- An issue with one of the electric components (a resistor) could result in the device not delivering a shock when needed.
- Root cause
- Nonconforming Material/Component
- Action
- Letters dated 2/16/2018 for U.S. customers were issued via certified mail on 3/14/2018. Letters to customers outside of the U.S. were localized in conjunction with the local Philips market organizations and are in progress.
- Quantity
- Total for FRx and HS1 - 660,519 defibrillators
- Distribution
- Distribution was nationwide and to Puerto Rico. There was also government/military distribution. Foreign distribution was made to the following countries: Canada, Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, State of Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirate, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Manufactured between September 2002 and February 2013. The year of manufacture can be identified by the 2nd and 3rd characters in the serial number on the back of the AED in the following ranges: Home/Onsite: A02x-xxxxx through A13B-xxxxx; FRx: B04x-xxxxx through B13B-xxxxx NOTE: If the device was manufactured in 2013 and the 4th digit is the letter "C" or later (D, E, F...), it is not covered by the recall (i.e. A13G-02375). In some cases, a device within the date range covered by the notification did not contain a resistor previously associated with a failure. In that case, a notification was not sent. Confirmation as to whether the device contains the resistor at issue can be done by contacting the firm.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K050004"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- MKJ
- Firm FEI
- 1000524572
- Firm city
- Bothell
- Firm state
- WA
- 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