FDA (Devices) recall action 85241
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The ECG signal from patients being monitored using a Philips TRx4841A and TRx4851A Telemetry Transceiver may not be properly analyzed when it is used with a Philips Patient Information Center iX Release C.02.xx or C.03.01. If this occurs, the Information Center will not display a heart rate or generate, display or annunciate any heart rate or arrhythmia alarms.
The agency’s own wording, quoted from the enforcement report.
The unit total adds up the quantities the agency stated for each product. Where a product record gave no figure, or gave a weight rather than a count, it contributes nothing — so the real total is at least this, never less.
Philips is recalling TRx4841A telemetry transceivers because they may fail to display heart rates or alarms when used with specific Patient Information Center software.
Philips is recalling 21,672 telemetry transceivers because they may fail to display heart rates or generate alarms when used with specific Patient Information Center software.