Reported Apr 7, 2021 · Ongoing

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD): 1) Evera family: Evera XT DR, Evera S DR, Evera MRI XT DR, Evera MRI S…

Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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: Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF) · 8200 Coral Sea St Ne · Mounds View, MN · 55112-4391

Is this the product you have?

  • Implantable
  • cardioverter defibrillators (ICD)1)
  • Evera familyEvera XT DR, Evera S DR, Evera MRI XT DR, Evera MRI S DR, Evera XT VR, Evera S VR and Evera MRI S VR models; 2)
  • Visia familyVisia AF ICD, Visia AF S ICD, Visia AF MRI ICD, and Visia AF MRI S ICD models. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) are implantable medical devices that automatically detect and treat episodes of ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, fast ventricular tachycardia, and bradyarrhythmia
Lot codes and dates
  • 1)
  • Evera FamilyMODEL
  • NUMBER / NAME / GTINSERIAL
  • NUMBERSDDBB1D1 / ICD-DR DDBB1D1
  • EVERA XT US IS1/DF1 / 00643169018099

    2,706 of 2,706 codes

    • BWC231766H
    • BWC230184H
    • BWC230891H
    • BWC228489H
    • BWC232037H
    • BWC230770H
    • BWC231219H
    • BWC231215H
    • BWC231190H
    • BWC231202H
    • BWC231199H
    • BWC231780H
    • BWC231556H
    • BWC230255H
    • BWC230772H
    • BWC230906H
    • BWC231500H
    • BWC231572H
    • BWC231618H
    • BWC231655H
    • BWC231937H
    • BWC231942H
    • BWC230859H
    • BWC230949H
    • BWC231848H
    • BWC230918H
    • BWC231237H
    • BWC231580H
    • BWC230893H
    • BWC231576H
    • BWC230426H
    • BWC230475H
    • BWC230431H
    • BWC231494H
    • BWC230876H
    • BWC230776H
    • BWC228873H
    • BWC229321H
    • BWC230873H
    • BWC229698H
    • BWC230449H
    • BWC231452H
    • BWC230877H
    • BWC230720H
    • BWC231479H
    • BWC231482H
    • BWC231578H
    • BWC231498H
    • BWC229796H
    • BWC230863H
    • BWC230874H
    • BWC231239H
    • BWC230917H
    • BWC229337H
    • BWC230524H
    • BWC230887H
    • BWC231525H
    • BWC231240H
    • BWC230672H
    • BWC230769H
Amount recalled
290086 units

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

  • Nationwide
  • PR

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

A small percentage of implanted cardiac devices, from a well-defined subset, may experience a shortened Recommended Replacement Time (RRT) to End of Service (EOS) interval following an earlier-than-expected RRT observation

Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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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, 7:40 PM UTC

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