Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator Models: M3536A Options A20 - A27, HeartStart MRx ALS Monitor…
Medical device recall Z-0593-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 8, 2014.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jan 8, 2014. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 4 states named in where it went
- 93 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Error in the printing of the therapy energy setting labels on Philips HeartStart M3536A MRx Monitor/Defibrillators. The first energy setting is labeled 10 when it should be labeled 1-10
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Philips HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator Models: M3536A Options A20 - A27, HeartStart MRx ALS Monitor (Grey) The HeartStart MRx is for use for the termination of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. The device is for use by qualified medical personnel trained in the operation of the device and qualified by training in basic life support, advanced cardiac support, or defibrillation. It must be used by or on the order of a physician
93 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Serial numbers: US00558442 - US00558461 US00561519 US00558531 - US00558532 US00561578 US00558615 US00562454 US00558758 - US00558759 US00562504 - US00562527 US00560165 - US00560166 US00562640 - US00562641 US00560738 - US00560739 US00562832…
Every code shown here, 409 characters
Serial numbers: US00558442 - US00558461 US00561519 US00558531 - US00558532 US00561578 US00558615 US00562454 US00558758 - US00558759 US00562504 - US00562527 US00560165 - US00560166 US00562640 - US00562641 US00560738 - US00560739 US00562832 US00560740 - US00560745 US00563125 US00560872 US00563231 - US00563243 US00560909 US00564032 US00561068 US00564177 US00561209 US00564409 US00561447 - US00561452 US00564793
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide Distribution - US Distribution including the states of IN, MS, TX and VA., and the countries of DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY, SPAIN and SWITZERLAND.
The states and territories these words name
- Indiana
- Mississippi
- Texas
- Virginia
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Jun 7, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Dec 27, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jan 8, 2014.
- FDA terminated it on Mar 22, 2017.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Philips Medical Systems, Inc., of Andover, MA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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