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Recall Observatory FDA recall evidence

Device product

HeartWare HVAD Pump Implant Kit, REF 1125

Z-2190-2021

June 03, 2021

Class I

Product summary

Firm
Heartware, Inc.
Event
Event 88197
Status
Ongoing
Classification
Class I
Quantity
4078 units
Official record key
device-enforcement:Z-2190-2021

Official wording

Reason: Medtronic is stopping the distribution and sale of the HVAD System due to a growing body of observational clinical comparisons that shows a higher frequency of neurological adverse events and mortality associated with the system when compared to other commercially available left ventricular assist devices, as well as complaints that the internal pump may delay or fail to restart.

Code information: GTIN: 00888707000222, 00888707007641, 00888707005685 All serial numbers

Distribution pattern: Worldwide distribution. US nationwide and Armenia, AUSTRIA, Bahrain, Belgium, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, Denmark, EGYPT, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, Hungary, Israel, ITALY, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, Macedonia, NETHERLANDS, Norway, POLAND, Qatar, Romania, SAUDI ARABIA, Serbia, Slovakia, SOUTH AFRICA, Spain, Sweden, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, Turkey, Ukraine, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, and United Kingdom.

Derived failure modes

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    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Medtronic is stopping the distribution and sale of the HVAD System due to a growing body of observational clinical comparisons that shows a higher frequency of neurological adverse events and mortality associated with the system when compared to other commercially available left ventricular assist devices, as well as complaints that the internal pump may delay or fail to restart.