Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
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The discharge switch on the handle in affected devices may stick or fail to actuate and prevent the user from delivering defibrillation therapy. this was caused by a manufacturing defect in the paddle switch assembly. this only affects units with date codes (mmyy) of 0908 1008 1108 1208 (units manufactured between september 1 2008 and december 30 2008).