Reported May 31, 2017 · Terminated

HeartMate¿ II LVAS with Pocket Controller; 106762 - HMII POCKET CONTROLLER, NA; UDI: 00813024011286 Intended to provide…

Thoratec Corporation

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: Thoratec Corporation · 6035 Stoneridge Dr · Pleasanton, CA · 94588-3270

Is this the product you have?

  • HeartMate¿ II LVAS with Pocket Controller; 106762 - HMII POCKET CONTROLLER, NA
  • UDI00813024011286 Intended to provide hemodynamic support in patients with end-stage, refractory left ventricular heart failure; intended for use inside or outside the hospital
Lot codes and dates
  • 3,054 of 3,054 codes

    • Serial Numbers PC-10255-B
    • PC-10329-B
    • PC-10357-B
    • PC-10476-B
    • PC-10478-B
    • PC-10486-B
    • PC-10518-B
    • PC-10519-B
    • PC-10524-B
    • PC-10525-B
    • PC-10538-B
    • PC-10540-B
    • PC-10544-B
    • PC-10626-B
    • PC-10629-B
    • PC-10973-C
    • PC-10976-C
    • PC-10977-C
    • PC-10986-C
    • PC-10988-C
    • PC-11017-C
    • PC-11018-C
    • PC-11019-C
    • PC-11027-C
    • PC-11041-C
    • PC-11044-C
    • PC-11050-C
    • PC-11055-C
    • PC-11056-C
    • PC-11063-C
    • PC-11068-C
    • PC-11073-C
    • PC-11077-C
    • PC-11082-C
    • PC-11083-C
    • PC-11085-C
    • PC-11086-C
    • PC-11090-C
    • PC-11104-C
    • PC-11105-C
    • PC-11106-C
    • PC-11136-C
    • PC-11142-C
    • PC-11150-C
    • PC-11151-C
    • PC-11152-C
    • PC-11156-C
    • PC-11163-C
    • PC-11164-C
    • PC-11168-C
    • PC-11200-C
    • PC-11209-C
    • PC-11228-C
    • PC-11231-C
    • PC-11233-C
    • PC-11234-C
    • PC-11236-C
    • PC-11237-C
    • PC-11239-C
    • PC-11240-C
Amount recalled
24,077 active units in US

This recall covers 3 products

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

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

St. Jude Medical is providing all users of their HeartMate II LVAS with Pocket Controller with new software and updates to hardware to make the exchange to a backup controller easier. This is related to recall Z-1227/1230-2014.

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 Mar 20, 2019 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:22 PM UTC

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