Reported May 7, 2014 · Terminated

Medtronic, External neurostimulator, ENS (37021) & ENS (37022). Including the external neurostimulators which are…

Medtronic Neuromodulation

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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 Neuromodulation · 7000 Central Ave NE · Minneapolis, MN · 55432-3568

Is this the product you have?

  • Medtronic, External neurostimulator, ENS (37021) & ENS (37022). Including the external neurostimulators which are associated with software application run on the NVision Clinician Programmer and used during trialing for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) patients.
Lot codes and dates
  • The first released affected product was released to the market in April, 2005.
Amount recalled
170,286 US, 73,921 OUS for all devices.

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Medtronic neurostimulators (used with pain and deep brain stimulation therapy) have a cycling feature that, when enabled, allows stimulation output to be toggled on and off based on the programmed settings. The use of this feature is determined by the physician and set using the clinician programmer. Current labeling indicates the use of cycling improves device longevity and recharge interval

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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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 7, 2014 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:31 PM UTC

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