Reported Aug 27, 2025 · Ongoing

RELIANCE 4-FRONT, endocardial cardioversion/defibrillation and pace/sense lead, Permanent Defibrillator Electrodes;…

Boston Scientific 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: Boston Scientific Corporation · 4100 Hamline Ave N · Saint Paul, MN · 55112-5700

Is this the product you have?

  • RELIANCE 4-FRONT, endocardial cardioversion/defibrillation and pace/sense lead, Permanent Defibrillator Electrodes; Model Nos. 0654, 0655, 0657, 0658, 0682, 0683, 0685, 0686, 0692, 0693, 0695, 0696
Lot codes and dates

9 of 9 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberBarcodesProduct as published
065700802526560934UDI-DI 00802526560934
068200802526560958UDI-DI 00802526560958
068300802526560965UDI-DI 00802526560965
068500802526560972UDI-DI 00802526560972
068600802526560989UDI-DI 00802526560989
069200802526519017008025265609960080252656866400802526568688UDI-DI 00802526519017 00802526560996 00802526568664 00802526568688
06930080252651885000802526519055008025265377690080252656100900802526568701UDI-DI 00802526518850 00802526519055 00802526537769 00802526561009 00802526568701
06950080252651909300802526561016UDI-DI 00802526519093 00802526561016
0696008025265199870080252656120700802526568831UDI-DI 00802526519987 00802526561207 00802526568831
Amount recalled
247,702 US; 344,670 OUS

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

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

Affected lead models may experience gradually rising LVSI measurements in association with calcification of the defibrillation lead coils. The issue may lead to early lead replacement. Most serious harm is death or need for cardiac resuscitation.

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, 5:41 PM UTC

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