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Event 65798

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
July 15, 2013
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Boston Scientific CRM Corp

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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device · product 1 of 1

Boston Scientific, ENERGEN DR ICD, Model E143. The device is an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.

Z-1979-2013
Recall number
Z-1979-2013
Initiated
July 15, 2013
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Quantity
1 (4 devices were implanted and are not part of this action)

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
Boston Scientific CRM manufacturing quality system recently discovered test artifacts (related to shock charge time) in a small number of implantable defibrillators (ENERGEN DR ICD model E143) which require further investigation. While these devices successfully passed all manufacturing tests and met all requirements, they showed a slightly longer charge time than other devices during a manufactu

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Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

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Reason for recall

Boston Scientific CRM manufacturing quality system recently discovered test artifacts (related to shock charge time) in a small number of implantable defibrillators (ENERGEN DR ICD model E143) which require further investigation. While these devices successfully passed all manufacturing tests and met all requirements, they showed a slightly longer charge time than other devices during a manufactu

Code information

Serial # 108063

Distribution pattern

US distribution in the state of Tennessee.