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Safety Notice for Primedic™ HeartSave Series, Metrax GmbH

Product group Medical electronics / Electromedical devices
Reference 00597/10

Metrax GmbH has issued a Field Safety Notice concerning the external automated defibrillators of the Primedic™ HeartSave Series, manufactured from November, 2009 to January, 2010. There is the risk that interferences during charging of the high-voltage capacitor impair the impedance measurement and as a result, the charging is cancelled and no effective defibrillation shock can be delivered. The affected defibrillators are exchanged.

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