FDA Device Recall Z-1731-2015
HeartWare Inc · Miami Lakes, FL
Class I — life-threatening Ongoing
Device
HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD). Catalog #'s US: 1101 and 1103 / OUS: 1100,1101,1102,1104,1104JP and 1205. For use as a bridge-to-cardiac transplantation in patients who are at risk of death from refractory end-stage left ventricular heart failure.
Reason for recall
Complaints with the HVAD Internal Controller Alarm Battery failures.
Recall record
- Recall number
Z-1731-2015- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Ongoing
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Firm notification
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- US, including the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, and VA; and, the countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and UK.
- Recall initiated
- 2015-04-29
- Classified by FDA Center
- 2015-06-12
- FDA published
- 2015-06-24
- Recalling firm
- HeartWare Inc
- Firm location
- Miami Lakes, FL
Operational response
A Class I device recall indicates a strong likelihood of serious adverse health consequence or death from continued use. Identify affected units by serial number, lot, or GTIN against your inventory and against implanted-device patient registry. Pull affected inventory from active use immediately. For implanted devices, follow the recalling firm’s patient-notification protocol; in most cases this requires informing affected patients and their treating physicians directly.
For the official FDA enforcement record, see FDA's Recall Search.