Reported Sep 24, 2025 · Ongoing

Heartstring III Proximal Seal System, 4.3 MM. Intravascular anastomosis occluder.

Maquet Cardiovascular, LLC

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: Maquet Cardiovascular, LLC · 45 Barbour Pond Dr · Wayne, NJ · 07470-2094

Is this the product you have?

  • Heartstring III Proximal Seal System, 4.3 MM. Intravascular anastomosis occluder.
Lot codes and dates
  • Model No. HSK-3043
  • UDI

    84 of 84 codes

    • 00607567700321
    • Serial No. 3000379223
    • 3000382433
    • 3000385929
    • 3000391405
    • 3000399719
    • 3000404541
    • 3000406469
    • 3000408189
    • 3000411816
    • 3000414253
    • 3000414613
    • 3000415212
    • 3000419765
    • 3000421682
    • 3000422957
    • 3000427645
    • 3000428019
    • 3000429074
    • 3000438521
    • 3000442986
    • 3000444153
    • 3000444386
    • 3000451113
    • 3000451189
    • 3000454605
    • 3000457540
    • 3000459949
    • 3000459992
    • 3000465374
    • 3000466176
    • 3000466177
    • 3000471825
    • 3000473063
    • 3000473064
    • 3000474240
    • 3000474241
    • 3000475497
    • 3000478491
    • 3000478495
    • 3000482450
    • 3000485137
    • 3000488054
    • 3000378620
    • 3000379223
    • 3000385929
    • 3000391405
    • 3000399719
    • 3000404541
    • 3000406469
    • 3000411816
    • 3000414253
    • 3000414613
    • 3000415212
    • 3000419765
    • 3000421682
    • 3000422957
    • 3000427645
    • 3000428019
    • 3000429074
Amount recalled
12,471 units (6,565 US, 5,906 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

Three failure modes have been identified: failure of the Heartstring Seal to load, failure of the Heartstring Seal to deploy into the aortotomy, and failure of the deployed Heartstring Seal to provide adequate hemostasis.

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

Data as of Sep 19, 5:43 PM UTC

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