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Event 71164

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 29, 2015
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class I
Statuses
Ongoing
Recalling firm wording
HeartWare Inc

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD). Catalog #'s US: 1101 and 1103 / OUS: 1100, 1101,1102,1104,1104JP and 1205. Product Usage: For use as a bridge-to-cardiac transplantation in patient who are at risk of death from refractory end-stage left ventricular heart failure.

Z-1698-2015
Recall number
Z-1698-2015
Initiated
April 29, 2015
Classification
Class I
Status
Ongoing
Recalling firm
HeartWare Inc
Quantity
3,747 currently implanted worldwide

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
HeartWare has received complaints relating to damage or bent connection pins within the power supply ports of the VAD controller.

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Reason for recall

HeartWare has received complaints relating to damage or bent connection pins within the power supply ports of the VAD controller.

Code information

Serial #: ALL HeartWare HVAD systems currently in use.

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA and countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and UK.

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