Reported Aug 31, 2016 · Terminated

Medtronic, Viva Quadripolar Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Product Model VIVAXTCRT-D DTBA1D1, DTBA1D4…

Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure

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 Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure · 8200 Coral Sea St NE · Mounds View, MN · 55112-4391

Is this the product you have?

  • Medtronic, Viva Quadripolar
  • Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
    • Product Model VIVAXTCRT-D DTBA1D1
    • DTBA1D4 VIVASCRT-D DTBB1D1
  • DTBB1D4 Product UsageThe Medtronic Viva CRT -D dual chamber, implantable cardioverter defibrillator with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT -D) is a multiprogrammable cardiac device that monitors and regulates the patients heart rate by providing single or dual chamber, rate responsive bradycardia pacing; sequential biventricular pacing; ventricular tachyarrhythmia therapies; and atrial tachyarrhythmia therapies
Lot codes and dates
  • Product NameViva XT CRT -D
  • Models
    • DTBA1D4
    • DTBA1D1
  • Serial Numbers
    • BLF203128H
    • BLF204746H
    • BLE202888H
    • BLE202889H
    • BLE202890H
    • BLE202901H
    • BLE202941H
    • BLE202947H
    • BLE202954H
    • BLE202958H
    • BLE202961H
    • BLE202962H
    • BLE202964H
    • BLE202981H
    • BLE202987H
    • BLE202989H
    • BLE202990H
    • BLE202991H
    • BLE203019H
    • BLE203026H
    • BLE203027H
    • BLE203029H
    • BLE203032H
    • BLE203046H
    • BLE203052H
  • BLE203073H Product NameViva S CRT-D
  • Models
    • DTBB1D4
    • DTBB1D1
  • Serial Numbers
    • BLO202272H
    • BLN202206H
Amount recalled
78 (39 US, 39 OUS)

This recall covers 2 products

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

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

78 Viva CRT -Ds and Evera ICDs that were manufactured with a specific subset of circuit components may experience rapid battery depletion due to a low resistance path developing within the circuit component. There have been seven (7) confirmed failures (9%) through July 16, 2016. Reported complications have included shortness of breath, pocket heating, low heart rate, and early device explant.

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 Jan 20, 2017 · Data as of Sep 19, 5:21 PM UTC

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