Reported Dec 4, 2024 · Ongoing

Merlin@home Transmitter REF EX1100 The Merlin@home" (M@h) transmitter is intended to transfer stored data from the…

Abbott Medical

Low riskThis product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Abbott Medical · 15900 Valley View Ct · Sylmar, CA · 91342-3577

Is this the product you have?

  • Merlin@home Transmitter REF EX1100 The Merlin@home" (M@h) transmitter is intended to transfer stored data from the patient s implanted heart device to Merlin.net" Patient Care Network (PCN) to facilitate remote monitoring by using inductive (EX1100 Model) or RF telemetry (EX1150 Model) to read device data and transmitting to the Merlin.net PCN server.
Lot codes and dates
  • Model NumberEX1100
  • UDI-DI codePending
  • Serial Numbers

    130 of 130 codes

    • 12600224
    • 12600307
    • 12600895
    • 12600974
    • 12601074
    • 12601156
    • 12601169
    • 12602176
    • 12602216
    • 12602464
    • 12602491
    • 12604265
    • 12604852
    • 12606254
    • 12606332
    • 12606531
    • 12606550
    • 12606551
    • 12606587
    • 12606785
    • 12606814
    • 12607289
    • 12607557
    • 12608093
    • 12608346
    • 12608623
    • 12608678
    • 12608758
    • 12608819
    • 12609094
    • 12609148
    • 12609819
    • 12609919
    • 12610472
    • 12610550
    • 12611493
    • 12611733
    • 12611975
    • 12612409
    • 12612417
    • 12612541
    • 12612929
    • 12613146
    • 12613636
    • 12617342
    • 12617350
    • 12617583
    • 12617821
    • 12618054
    • 12618130
    • 12618726
    • 12618782
    • 12619218
    • 12619405
    • 12619515
    • 12619825
    • 12619827
    • 12620745
    • 12621171
    • 12622233
Amount recalled
130 transmitters

This recall covers 2 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other one is below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Due to heart transmitter not being able to upgrade to the current software version in the field after experiencing a power interruption during a prior over-the-wire software download.

This product is unlikely to cause harm, but it breaks a safety or labelling rule.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Data as of Sep 19, 4:15 PM UTC

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