<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Banned pregnancy devices are leading to deaths around Australia as they continue to be illegally traded, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has warned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following a review in September last year, the TGA removed all home-use foetal heart monitors from the Australian Registry of Therapeutic Goods, meaning they are no longer approved for sale or advertising in Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But new and second-hand devices continue to be sold illegally, the TGA said, and warned that the information provided by such devices can be "dangerously misleading".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ 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remind parents-to-be of the dangers associated with the devices.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Criminal and civil penalties apply for selling therapeutic goods excluded from the ARTG.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>People can report a problem related to a medical device online </span><a href="https://www.tga.gov.au/safety/reporting-problems" rel="" target="_blank" title="here"><span>here</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your 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