It was reported to philips that the customer was using a 3rd party battery in the device which caused the device to catch fire.There was no patient involvement.The efficia dfm100 defibrillator, model# 866199, is substantially similar to the heartstart xl+ defibrillator (model # 861290) and will be reported in the united states under device model # 861290.
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Philips investigation team, including personnel from china r&d and malaysia marketing, conducted an on-site inspection of the device and battery.They found that the battery is a fake philips battery.Hospital slim river purchased it from edegenta central hi-tech, which is part of the edegenta consortium.Edegenta central hi-tech purchased the battery from a local company named celestial, rather than from the philips malaysia dealer umedic.Celestial is unable to provide evidence of where they purchased the battery.After investigation, we consider the fake philips battery caused fire damage.
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