Device product
HeartWare HVAD Pump Implant Kit (Heartware Ventricular Assist Device) - HeartWare Battery For use as a bridge-to-cardiac transplantation in patients who are at risk of death from refractory end-stage ventricular heart failure.The HeartWare VAS is designed for in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings, including transportation via fix-wing aircraft or helicopter.
Z-1607-2014
Product summary
- Firm
- HeartWare Inc
- Event
- Event 67684
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Quantity
- 32,349
- Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-1607-2014
Official wording
Reason: Patients and caregivers are instructed that if a battery does not provide two hours of support or behaves unusually, that battery should no longer be used and should be replaced.
Code information: Catalog# USA:1650 // OUS: 1650, 1650-DE All HeartWare Battery Serial Numbers
Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution - USA including AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY, District of Columbia and Internationally to Canada, Dominican Republic, Australia, Belgium, Italy, Germany, New Zeland, South Afica, Japan, Venezuela, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland, Brazil, UK, Saui Arabia, Taiwan, Slovakia, Luxemburg, Hong Kong, Lebano, India, Chile, Oldenburg, Israel, Netherlands, Croatia, Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia, Norway, Greece, Spain, Lithuania, Korea, Singapore, Poland, and Argentina.
Derived failure modes
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Unknown
Patients and caregivers are instructed that if a battery does not provide two hours of support or behaves unusually, that battery should no longer be used and should be replaced.