Laerdal Recall Defibrillator Adapter Cables. Laerdal Medical Corp. is recalling more than 3,000 defibrillator adapter cables, sold nationwide since 1996, after receiving reports that broken wires in the cables prevented delivery of shocks to patients.
The Wappingers Falls, N.Y., company said Thursday that consumers should stop using the CodeMaster 100-HeartStart Adapter Cables, which went out of production last year.
A subsidiary of Norway’s Laerdal Medical AS, the company could not immediately provide additional details about reports of wire breakage or whether any injuries were caused.
The cables allow Laerdal HeartStart brand defibrillation electrodes with snap connector which go on the patient to be used with the following defibrillators:
HP/Agilent/Philips CodeMaster 100 and CodeMaster SL+/XL/XE
Laerdal Heartstart 4000 Philips HeartStart XLT, HeartStart XL and HeartStart MRx
The product was sold as an accessory to most CodeMaster 100 defibrillators that Laerdal distributed, and as an optional addition to Laerdal HeartStart 4000 automated external defibrillators.
Laerdal is contacting the emergency health care providers that purchased the cables. The Food and Drug Administration is cooperating on the recall.
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