FDA Issues Warning on Philips Healthcare Defibrillators

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday that thousands of defibrillators made by Philips Healthcare may not work during medical emergencies because of an electrical component failure in the devices.

Called automated external defibrillators, the devices are used to restore patients' heartbeats after cardiac arrest. The devices are used by individual consumers and by first responders working for fire departments.

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