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Device product

THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH Uni-Directional Navigation Catheter (D133602S)

Z-0057-2018

September 06, 2017

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Biosense Webster, Inc.
Event
Event 78129
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
19 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-0057-2018

Official wording

Reason: Biosense Webster, Inc. has recently received an increased number of complaints related to the display of Alert 402 on the CARTO 3 System for certain lots of THERMOCOOL brand catheters. Alert 402 implies a "Map: magnetic distortion" when connected to CARTO 3 System. This issue may subsequently lead the physician to ablate in an unintended area when delivering RF energy.

Code information: 17688816M, 17697930M, 17697966M

Distribution pattern: US, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Croatia, Korea, Austria, Colombia, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, South Africa, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Great Britain, Hungary, Czech Republic, China

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Biosense Webster, Inc. has recently received an increased number of complaints related to the display of Alert 402 on the CARTO 3 System for certain lots of THERMOCOOL brand catheters. Alert 402 implies a "Map: magnetic distortion" when connected to CARTO 3 System. This issue may subsequently lead the physician to ablate in an unintended area when delivering RF energy.