BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    THORATEC® HEARTMATE 3¿ VAD MODULAR CABLE

    MDR report key: 23698448 · Received December 2, 2025

    Report

    Report Number
    2916596-2025-07575
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    December 2, 2025
    Date of Event
    November 14, 2025
    Report Date
    January 30, 2026
    Manufacturer
    ABBOTT MEDICAL-CARDIOMEMS
    Product Code
    DSQ
    UDI-DI
    05415067039385
    PMA / PMN Number
    P160054
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    DC, US
    Reporter Occupation
    003

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATION CONCLUSION: THE MODULAR CABLE WAS RETURNED ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPORTED EVENTS OF DRIVELINE POWER FAULT ALARMS AND DIFFICULTY CONNECTING THE DRIVELINE. THE REPORTED EVENT OF DIFFICULTY CONNECTING THE DRIVELINE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE CONFIRMED. THE REPORTED EVENT OF DRIVELINE POWER FAULTS COULD NOT BE CORRELATED TO AN ISSUE WITH THE MODULAR CABLE. THE MODULAR CABLE (LOT NUMBER: 8922874) RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS IN UNREMARKABLE CONDITION. THE MODULAR CABLE PASSED ELECTRICAL TESTING, INDICATING NO ISSUES WITH THE UNDERLYING WIRES. THE MODULAR CABLE WAS CONNECTED TO THE RETURNED SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND MOCK CIRCULATORY LOOP AND WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THE SYSTEM WITHOUT ISSUE OR ALARM, INCLUDING WHEN THE MODULAR CABLE WAS MANIPULATED. THE MODULAR CABLE WAS CONNECTED TO SEVERAL TEST PUMP CABLES AND NO PROBLEMS INSERTING AND CONNECTING THE MODULAR CABLE WERE NOTED. THE REPORTED ALARMS WERE NOT ABLE TO BE REPRODUCED WITH THE RETURNED MODULAR CABLE. LOG FILES WERE REVIEWED, AND IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THROUGHOUT THE LOG FILE, CONTROLLER INTERNAL FAULT AND DRIVELINE POWER FAULT ALARMS WERE ACTIVE, CONSISTENT WITH A DAMAGED FUSE ON THE SYSTEM CONTROLLER. THE ONSET OF THE ALARMS WAS NOT CAPTURED, SO THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ALARMS ACTIVATING WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DETERMINED. PROVIDED INFORMATION INDICATED THAT DURING PUMP PREPARATION, SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE REQUIRED TO CONNECT THE MODULAR CABLE AND THE PUMP CABLE BEFORE IT CONNECTED. THE DRIVELINE POWER FAULT ALARMS WERE DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A DAMAGED FUSE ON THE SYSTEM CONTROLLER. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENTS WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED VIA THIS INVESTIGATION. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND REVEALED NO DEVIATIONS FROM MANUFACTURING OR QA SPECIFICATIONS. THE HEARTMATE 3 LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST SYSTEM (LVAS) INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU), REV. D, AND THE HEARTMATE 3 LVAS PATIENT HANDBOOK, REV. A, ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT REVISIONS OF THE IFU AND PATIENT HANDBOOK CAN BE FOUND ON THE EIFU PAGE OF THE ABBOTT WEBSITE. SECTIONS 2 AND 6 OF THE IFU AND SECTIONS 2 AND 4 OF THE PATIENT HANDBOOK CAUTION THE USER TO AVOID PULLING ON OR MOVING THE DRIVELINE AND FURTHER EMPHASIZE NOT TO TWIST, KINK, OR SHARPLY BEND THE DRIVELINE, WHICH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE WIRES. SECTION 6 OF THE IFU AND SECTION 4 OF THE PATIENT HANDBOOK ALSO INSTRUCT THE USER TO CHECK THE DRIVELINE DAILY FOR SIGNS OF DAMAGE, SUCH AS CUTS, HOLES, OR TEARS. THE PATIENT HANDBOOK ALSO INSTRUCTS THE USED TO CALL THE HOSPITAL CONTACT RIGHT AWAY IF THE DRIVELINE IS DAMAGED (OR MIGHT BE DAMAGED). SECTION 5 OF THE IFU, ¿SURGICAL PROCEDURES¿, PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONNECTING THE MODULAR CABLE TO THE PUMP CABLE UNDER ¿PREPARING, RUNNING, AND PRIMING THE PUMP¿. THESE INSTRUCTIONS STATE THAT TO CONNECT THE PUMP AND MODULAR CABLES, FIRST ALIGN THE INLINE CONNECTION TRIANGLES ON THE CONNECTORS TO ENSURE PROPER PIN ALIGNMENT. APPLY FIRM FORCE TO ENGAGE THE INLINE CONNECTOR AND ROTATE THE LOCKING NUT UNTIL THE CLICKING SOUND STOPS AND THE YELLOW LINE ON THE THREADED PORTION OF THE CONNECTOR IS NO LONGER VISIBLE. THIS SECTION ALSO STATES THAT THE YELLOW LINE SHOULD BE FULLY COVERED TO ENSURE A SECURE CONNECTION. SECTION 5 ALSO WARNS THAT DURING THE IMPLANT PROCESS, A COMPLETE BACKUP SYSTEM (IMPLANT KIT AND EXTERNAL COMPONENTS) MUST BE AVAILABLE ON-SITE AND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY FOR USE IN AN EMERGENCY. SECTION 7 OF THE IFU AND SECTION 5 OF THE PATIENT HANDBOOK PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HOW TO CARE FOR THE DRIVELINE IN SUB-SECTIONS ENTITLED "WHAT NOT TO DO: DRIVELINE AND CABLES." THE PATIENT HANDBOOK CAUTIONS THE USERS TO CALL THEIR HOSPITAL CONTACTS IF THEY THINK, FOR ANY REASON, ANY PORTION OF THEIR EQUIPMENT IS NOT FUNCTIONING AS USUAL, IS BROKEN, OR THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. THE MANUFACTURER IS CLOSING THE FILE ON THIS EVENT.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    SECTION D4: THE PRIMARY UDI NUMBER IN D4 IS REFLECTIVE OF ALL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE MANUFACTURER¿S INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT LOG FILES WERE SUBMITTED FOR EVALUATION FOLLOWING A DRIVELINE POWER FAULT ALARM THAT OCCURRED DURING IMPLANT. THE MODULAR CABLE AND SYSTEM CONTROLLER WERE EXCHANGED IN THE OPERATING ROOM (OR), AND THE ORIGINAL MODULAR CABLE AND CONTROLLER WOULD BE RETURNED FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. THE LOG FILES CAPTURED VARIOUS ALARMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW IMPLANT AS WELL AS THE REPORTED DRIVELINE POWER FAULTS. THE DRIVELINE FAULTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A CONTROLLER OPEN FUSE B FAULT. CONTROLLER FUSES WILL OPEN DURING OVER CURRENT PROTECTION EVENTS. DURING PUMP PREPARATION, THE CUSTOMER INITIATED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONNECT THE MODULAR CABLE AND PUMP CABLE BEFORE ULTIMATELY SECURING THE CONNECTION. THE MODULAR CABLE AND CONTROLLER EXCHANGE RESOLVED THE ALARM.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    2782591 THORATEC® HEARTMATE 3¿ VAD MODULAR CABLE VENTRICULAR (ASSIST) BYPASS DSQ ABBOTT MEDICAL-CARDIOMEMS 106525US 11052308 05415067039385

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 54 YR Male