Reported May 20, 2020 · Terminated

TandemHeart pump is assembled into kits: TandemHeart Kit - TS62/A15, Product: 5710-6215 - Product Usage: provides…

Cardiac Assist, Inc.

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: Cardiac Assist, Inc · 240 Alpha Dr · Pittsburgh, PA · 15238-2906

Is this the product you have?

  • TandemHeart pump is assembled into kitsTandemHeart Kit - TS62/A15
  • Product5710-6215 -
  • Product Usageprovides temporary extracorporeal circulatory system support with the unique ability to locally deliver an anticoagulant through the infusion system
Lot codes and dates
  • Serial Numbers00142681 00142683 00142949 00142950 00142951
Amount recalled
5

This recall covers 8 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 7 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Failure to prime due to an assembly error

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 20, 2020 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:30 PM UTC

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