TandemHeart Pump Kit, Product: 5120-0000 - Product Usage: provides temporary extracorporeal circulatory system support with the unique ability to locally deliver an anticoagulant through the infusion system.
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-1948-2020
- Event Number
- 85322
- Firm
- Cardiac Assist, Inc
- FEI Number
- 3002228812
- Product Code
- KFM
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Initiated
- March 6, 2020
- Terminated
- November 20, 2020
- Address
- 240 Alpha Dr, Pittsburgh, PA, 15238-2906
Description
TandemHeart Pump Kit, Product: 5120-0000 - Product Usage: provides temporary extracorporeal circulatory system support with the unique ability to locally deliver an anticoagulant through the infusion system.
Failure to prime due to an assembly error
LivaNova dba Tandem Life notified consignees via 1st class mail (certified return receipt) on March 06th, 2020, states reason for recall, health risk, and action to take: Check your inventory for the presence of potentially affected TandemHeart pump contained within your ordered kit as per Table 1 provided in Attachment 1; - Ensure any affected kit containing the potentially affected TandemHeart pump still in inventory gets quarantined before they can be returned. 2. Please fill and return Response Form by email to [email protected] confirm appropriate corrective actions have been executed. Please return the Response Form even if each potentially affected device listed in Attachment 1 has already been used. 3. Potentially affected product still in your inventory will be replaced once the Response Form has been returned to LivaNova. Leverage your TandemLife representativeto aid in the collection of the affected quarantined kit containing the potentially affected TandemHeart pump. Questions regarding this Medical Device Removal, please contact your TandemLife representative, or TandemLife Customer Quality at [email protected].
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