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HeartWare HVAD Pump Implant Kit, REF 1103 — recall Z-2188-2021

U.S. FDA — Device Enforcement · United States · 2021-06-03 · Class I

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Agency
U.S. FDA — Device Enforcement
Recall identifier
Z-2188-2021
Date of alert
2021-06-03
Country / jurisdiction
United States
Risk level
Class I
Risk type
recall
Brand
Heartware, Inc.
Product category
device
Product type
Devices
Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
00888707003261
Reported risk: 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.
Primary source: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRes/res.cfm?start_search=1&

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