Angelcare Monitors is pulling back 600,000 baby monitors following recent incidents Reuters reported Thursday.
"The cord attached to the baby monitor's sensor pad is placed under the crib mattress, which poses a strangulation risk if the child pulls the cord into the crib and it becomes wrapped around the neck," The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission said in recall information on its website.
The device's sensor pad feels for a baby's actions via the sensor pad, and a wire that connects to the machine.
The affected machines were purchased from Babies R Us, Toys R Us, Burlington Coat Factory, Meijer, Sears, Walmart, Amazon.com, Target.com, Overstock.com, and 70 baby specialty stores between Oct. 1999 to Sept. 2013. Costs ranged from $100 to $300. Model numbers include: AC1100, AC201, AC300, AC401 AC601 and 49255.
"An electrical cord about 11 feet long is permanently connected from the sensor pad to the nursery monitor unit. The hazard is created by a cord within reach of a baby inside the crib. The cord can be pulled into the crib and can wrap around the child's neck," the commission said in a PR Newswire press release.
Three children have become tied up in the machine's cord, one of which occurred in 2004 in Salem Ore.
Another 13-month-old girl perished in San Diego in 2011 the commission reported.
Angelcare is offering customers with affected machines a repair kit with cord covers to string the wire through the sensor pad and guard the cord from babies, an electric cord warning label containing information about the dangers of strangling, and edited guidelines.
Consumers can call the company at (855)-355-2643 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, e-mail consumers@angelcare.ca, or visit the company's website at https://www.angelcarebaby.com and select the site's safety notice icon in order to get more information.
