Reported Apr 30, 2014 · Terminated

Heartware HVAD Pump Implant Kit (Heartware Ventricular Assist Device) Catalog Numbers: 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104,…

HeartWare Inc.

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: HeartWare Inc · 14400 Nw 60th Ave · Miami Lakes, FL · 33014-2807

Is this the product you have?

  • Heartware HVAD Pump Implant Kit (Heartware Ventricular
  • Assist Device) Catalog Numbers1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 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. The HeartWare VAS is designed for in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings, including transportation via fix-wing aircraft or helicopter
Lot codes and dates
  • Catalog Numbers
    • 1100
    • 1101
    • 1102
    • 1103
    • 1104
    • and 1205
  • Serial NumbersHW001 to HW11270 and HW20001 to HW 20296
Amount recalled
4,586

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

The housing to the Pump's driveline connector became partially or fully separated from the front portion of the driveline connector.

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

Notice updated Nov 3, 2016 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:28 PM UTC

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