The North American subsidiary of Amsterdam-based Royal Philips reached an agreement on a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, representing the Food and Drug Administration, the company ...

A faulty electronic component in some Philips HeartStart automated external defibrillators may prevent the device from delivering a needed shock to a person suffering a cardiac emergency, the FDA ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Health technology company Philips is suspending the manufacture of some defibrillators in the United States and will make others under heightened scrutiny following criticisms ...

Philips recalled its HeartStart MRx Defibrillator due to an equipment defect, according to a Feb. 9 safety notice from the FDA. Here are three things to know. 1. Philips initiated the recall in June ...

On November 3rd, a joint request for temporary stay was filed in the District of Massachusetts in a patent infringement case which has played out between Dutch medical electronics firm Koninklijke ...

Royal Philips Electronics, a Dutch company whose U.S. medical device operations are in Andover, has won clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the HeartStart Home Defibrillator ...

The Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is designed to be the easiest-to-use, and most reliable defibrillator available. Available without a prescription from ActiveForever.com, the Philips ...

The Philips HeartStart OnSite Defibrillator is lightweight and easy to use. Providers can use the product to help save the lives of co-workers or residents, the firm notes.

Portable defibrillators seem so commonplace these days that people in danger of heart failure can buy one online for about $1,200. But the two-decade movement to make the life-saving devices as handy ...

Washington(CBS.MW) -- The Food and Drug Administration Thursday granted market clearance to Philips Medical Systems' HeartStart Home Defibrillator for use without a prescription. The action marks the ...

The FDA has approved an over-the-counter home defibrillator from Philips for use in emergency (or kinky sexual) situations. When the shock is delivered within five minutes of the sudden cardiac arrest ...