FDA Enforcement Class I Ongoing

HeartWare HVAD Implant Kit, REF 1104JP

Recall: Z-2194-2021 · Reported August 18, 2021

Enforcement

Recall Number
Z-2194-2021
Event ID
88197
Classification
Class I
Status
Ongoing
Product Type
Devices
Firm
Heartware, Inc.
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial Notification
Letter
Report Date
August 18, 2021
Initiation Date
June 3, 2021
Classification Date
August 6, 2021
Address
14400 Nw 60th Ave, N/A, Miami Lakes, FL, 33014-2807, United States

Description

HeartWare HVAD Implant Kit, REF 1104JP

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 Info

GTIN: 00888707005838 All serial numbers

Distribution

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.

Quantity

63 units