FDA Recall Terminated

MyCareLink Smart Patient Monitors. It is intended for use with a compatible Medtronic patient implanted heart device. The reader is a portable electronic device that communicates with an implanted heart device

Recall: Z-0400-2018 · Initiated July 14, 2017

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0400-2018
Event Number
77964
Firm
Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
FEI Number
2182208
Product Code
NVZ
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Error in labeling
Initiated
July 14, 2017
Terminated
June 28, 2024
Address
8200 Coral Sea St NE, Mounds View, MN, 55112-4391

Description

MyCareLink Smart Patient Monitors. It is intended for use with a compatible Medtronic patient implanted heart device. The reader is a portable electronic device that communicates with an implanted heart device

Reason

Patients monitored on two (2) or more implanted Medtronic heart devices in the Medtronic CareLink Network may have potential impact on the ability to remotely monitor the patient's heart devices. Potential impacts could lead to missed CareAlert notifications or device reports.

Action

Customers were notified via letter on 07/14/2017. Medtronic communicated that an updated Clinician Instructions for Use has been released with the following updated information: In patients with more than one Medtronic implanted hear device, device data may not be able to transmit from any of the implanted devices to the physician via the Monitor; The patient could potentially transmit device data unintentionally from one of the implanted heart devices when attempting to transmit from another device implanted in the same patient; and a Medtronic Programmer can be used to obtain data from each implanted heart device. Instructions included to ensure all appropriate personnel are notified of this correction.

Distribution

Domestic: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, Internationally: Austria, Belgium, Brunei, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom

Quantity

1,519,984 enrollments total