Audience: emergency medicine physicians, cardiologists, and risk managers
July 2, 2010 — A class 1 recall has been issued for The LIFEPAK 20 and LIFEPAK 20e defibrillator/monitors. A failure on the power supply assembly can result in either "No DC power" or "No DC or AC power." A failure of DC (battery) power can result in the inability to deliver defibrillation therapy if the device will not turn on using DC (battery) power and no AC (line) power is available.
Approximately 42,943 devices were distributed worldwide between September 16, 2002 and September 27, 2007. All affected power supplies will be updated. Customers are advised to keep the defibrillators in service and follow recommended daily operator checklist steps while service updates are scheduled. See Recall Notice for contact information.
July 2, 2010 — FDA recall notice
