Cardiosave Hybrid Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP), Model numbers 0998-00-0800-31 0998-00-0800-32 0998-00-0800-33 0998-00-0800-34 0998-00-0800-35 0998-00-0800-45 0998-00-0800-52 0998-00-0800-53 0998-00-0800-55 0998-00-0800-65 0998-UC-0800-31* 0998-UC-0800-33* 0998-UC-0800-52* 0998-UC-0800-53* 0998-00-0800-55* *Not US distribution

Reason: An unexpected shutdown of the IABP may occur due to failures of tantalum capacitors in the Power Management Board and/or Solenoid Board. This issue may lead to an unexpected interruption of therapy.

Code information: All Unit Serial Numbers Model UDI 0998-00-0800-31 10607567109053 0998-00-0800-32 10607567111117 0998-00-0800-33 10607567109008 0998-00-0800-34 10607567111940 0998-00-0800-35 10607567109107 0998-00-0800-45 10607567108421 0998-00-0800-52 10607567108438 0998-00-0800-53 10607567108391 0998-00-0800-55 10607567108414 0998-00-0800-65 10607567113432

Distribution pattern: Worldwide Distribution- US (Nationwide) and OUS (foreign) countries of: ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANGOLA, ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, AZERBAIJAN , BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BARBADOS, BELARUS, BELGIUM, BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA, BRAZIL, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, C¿te d'Ivoire, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, GUATEMALA, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, JORDAN, KENYA, KOSOVO, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LIBYA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, MYANMAR, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SRI LANKA, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TAIWAN, TANZANIA, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UZBEKISTAN, VIETNAM, YEMEN, ZAMBIA