# FDA recall Z-0845-2019

> **Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)** · Class II · device recall initiated 2019-01-17.

## Product

Medtronic Power Supply 26907, Medtronic CareLink Encore(TM) 29901 Programmer

## Reason for recall

There is a potential for an electrical short circuit to develop in a subset of 479 Model 26907 power supply cable plugs that connect to the Medtronic Model 29901 CareLink Encore programmer.  A failure mode of the power supply has been found where an electrical short occurs on the low voltage direct current connector and results in the connector heating up, generating smoke, melting and in some cases disconnecting from the programmer.

## Distribution

US and Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, India, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia,   Syrian Arab Republic

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-0845-2019
- **Recalling firm:** Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2019-01-17
- **Report date:** 2019-02-27
- **Termination date:** 2021-03-30

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Mounds View, MN, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0845-2019

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-0845-2019. Retrieved 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-0845-2019. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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