Recall Z-0399-2018

Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure · initiated July 14, 2017

Class II Terminated

Class II – products that might cause a temporary health problem or pose a slight threat of a serious nature

Product

MyCareLink Patient Monitors. It is intended for used with a compatible Medtronic patient implanted heart device. The monitor is an external electronic device that interfaces with Medtronic implanted heart devices and a telecommunications connection to transmit stored implanted heart device data to the physician or clinician.

Codes / lots: Model (UPN/GTIN): 24950 (00643169292284, 00643169292345, 00643169292260, 00643169292529, 00643169292208, 00643169292192, 00643169292222, 00643169292239, 00643169292321, 00643169292215, 00643169292246, 00643169409132, 00643169292253, 00643169292277, 00643169292291, 00643169292307, 00643169292314, 00643169292338); 24950D (643169467163, 00643169441484, 00643169441101, 00643169367173, 00643169367227, 00643169367159, 00643169409156, 00643169367296, 00643169367302, 00643169367258, 00643169367180, 00643169367166, 00643169367210, 00643169367289, 00643169409149, 00643169367197, 00643169367142, 00643169367241, 00643169367203); 24950D1 (00643169486744); 24950E (00643169493667, 00643169493681, 00643169493698, 00643169493674, 00643169451988, 00643169452015, 00643169452107, 00643169452039, 00643169452121, 00643169452008, 00643169452145, 00643169452046, 00643169452022, 00643169452053, 00643169452138, 00643169452060, 00643169451995, 00643169452114, 00643169452152, 00643169452077, 00643169452084, 00643169452091); 24950F (00643169545274, 00643169552074); 24950G (00643169663039 00643169624337, 00643169599987, 00643169599994, 00643169624368, 00643169624351, 00643169624344, 00643169552104); 24950GLQ…

Reason for recall

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.

FDA-determined cause: Error in labeling

Action taken

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.

Details

Recall number
Z-0399-2018
Initiated
July 14, 2017
Terminated
June 28, 2024
Product code
NVZ – Pulse Generator, Permanent, Implantable
Quantity
1,519,984 enrollments total
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…
Recalling firm
Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure, Mounds View, MN

Official FDA recall record

Other products in the same recall event

RecallProductInitiated
Z-0400-2018 Class IIMyCareLink Smart Patient Monitors. It is intended for use with a compatible Medtronic…Patients monitored on two (2) or more implanted Medtronic heart devices in the Medtronic CareLink Network… 07/14/2017Terminated