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Event 98963

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
May 12, 2026
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
Abbott Medical

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

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

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device · product 1 of 1

Merlin" Patient Care System (PCS) software Merlin" PCS 3650 programmer Model 3330 software

Z-2405-2026
Recall number
Z-2405-2026
Initiated
May 12, 2026
Classification
Class II
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
Abbott Medical
Quantity
11182 programs

App-derived interpretation

Device software or design reason.device_software_design · v1.0.0
Software malfunction

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Software Design Change

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Reason for recall

Software malfunction may occur during pacing capture threshold test of pacemaker resulting in programmer not successfully communicating the command to terminate the test.

Code information

Programmer Model 3650; Software Model 3330; GTIN 05414734509725; Software Versions 25.0.1 - 28.7.1 in the United States (varies based on region)

Distribution pattern

US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. OUS: Not provided yet