Philips received a complaint on the heartstart xl indicating that battery cannot be charged it takes about 8 seconds to charge 200j.The customer was informed that service could no longer be completed on the unit as the device had reached end of life (eol).According to service bulletin sb86100166d, the m4735a heart/start xl portable defibrillator/monitor was discontinued on 31-december -2013.All options associated with this defibrillator were discontinued as of 31-december-2013.The end of support date for the device is 31-december-2018.The customer was aware of the end of life terms and the device remains at the customer site.As troubleshooting was not completed for the device, the reported issue could not be verified and a cause could not be established.The reported problem was not confirmed.
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