FDA recall Z-1305-2021

Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF) · Class I · device

Product

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD): 1) Evera family: Evera XT DR, Evera S DR, Evera MRI XT DR, Evera MRI S DR, Evera XT VR, Evera S VR and Evera MRI S VR models; 2) Visia family: Visia AF ICD, Visia AF S ICD, Visia AF MRI ICD, and Visia AF MRI S ICD models. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) are implantable medical devices that automatically detect and treat episodes of ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, fast ventricular tachycardia, and bradyarrhythmia.

Reason for recall

A small percentage of implanted cardiac devices, from a well-defined subset, may experience a shortened Recommended Replacement Time (RRT) to End of Service (EOS) interval following an earlier-than-expected RRT observation

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) Including Puerto Rico and countries of: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lan

Key facts

Status
Ongoing
Initiation date
2021-02-03
Report date
2021-04-07
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Mounds View, MN, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1305-2021