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Medical device recalls 2018

LIFEPAK 20e DEFIBRILLATOR/MONITOR — Class I medical device recall Z-0294-2018

Terminated recall by Physio-Control, Inc., reported 2018-01-17. Physio-Control is aware that some devices have had power-related failures as customers prepared their device f

Recall numberZ-0294-2018
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass I
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmPhysio-Control, Inc., Redmond, WA, United States
Recall initiated2017-12-04
Classified2018-01-11
Reported by FDA2018-01-17
Terminated2024-04-01
Quantity3,831 units
Reason classesdevice malfunction

Product

LIFEPAK 20e DEFIBRILLATOR/MONITOR, 3201273 Product Usage: The LIFEPAK 20e defibrillator/monitor is intended for use in the hospital, physician s office, and clinic setting by personnel who are authorized by a physician/medical director. It is intended for use on a crash cart as well as for portable emergency response throughout a hospital.

Reason for recall

Physio-Control is aware that some devices have had power-related failures as customers prepared their device for initial deployment or during use within the first year of distribution. The symptoms of these failures may include unexpected power on and power off, device lock-up, or a failure to power on or off, any of which has the potential to result in a failure to deliver therapy to the patient and serious injury or death.

Machine access

This record, with every extracted code, the verbatim FDA record and provenance, is available from the recall API: GET https://api.data.aroqon.com/v1/recalls/Z-0294-2018. Look up any UPC, UDI, NDC or lot with /v1/recalls/lookup?code=…. API docs · free and paid keys.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report via openFDA (CC0). Structured by Data Foundry (recall-structuring@2); last changed 2026-09-26. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. Not medical or legal advice.