| Subject: | FDA Publishes Notice of Recall of AED20 Automatic External Defibrillators |
| Category: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| Published: | Thu, 19 May 2005 - 10:00 am |
| FDA has issued a notice of MRL's voluntary worldwide recall of 597 AED20 Automatic External Defibrillators manufactured between February and July of 2004. The AED20 may display a "Defib Comm" error message during use resulting in a failure of the device to analyze the patient's ECG and deliver the appropriate therapy, which prevents the defibrillator from resuscitating a patient. The company has received 12 related complaints with this specific group of AED20's, including one instance, which... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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