FDA recall Z-0964-2022

St. Jude Medical, Cardiac Rhythm Management Division · Class II · device

Product

Merlin PCS 3650 programmer Model 3330 software

Reason for recall

Due to a programmer software anomaly under very specific circumstance when executing a pacing capture Decrement Test in-clinic on implantable cardioverter and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator devices, the programmer may continue to execute the Decrement Test instead of terminating the test and restoring the permanent programmed pacing parameters.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - U.S. Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN. IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI and WY. The countries of Argentina, Australia, AUSTRIA, Bahrain, Bangladesh, BELGIUM, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, Cyprus, Czech republic, DENMARK, ECUADOR, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, FINLAND, FRANCE, French Guiana, French Polynesia, GERMANY, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, HUNGARY, Iceland, India, IRELAND, ITALY, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, LITHUANIA, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Martinque, Mayotte, MEXICO, Nepal, NETHERLANDS, New Caledonia, New Zealand, NORWAY, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, POLAND, PORTUGAL, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, SPAIN, Srilanka, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, Thailand, UAE, and UNITED KI

Key facts

Status
Ongoing
Initiation date
2022-03-10
Report date
2022-04-27
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Sylmar, CA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-0964-2022