Medical Devices

Automated external defibrillators are frequently recalled

Published in Heart Disease Weekly, September 3rd, 2006

A new study shows that automated external defibrillators (AEDs), the devices used to resuscitate victims of sudden cardiac arrest, had a greater than 20% chance of being recalled for potential malfunction over the past decade.

The findings, reported in a recent issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), suggest the need for a more reliable system to locate and repair potentially defective devices in a timely fashion.

"Though they are simple to use, AEDs are, in fact, complex medical devices," explains the study's senior author William Maisel, MD, MPH, director of the Pacemaker and Defibrillator Service at Beth Israel...

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Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2006-09-03)

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