FDA recall Z-1450-2020

Medtronic CoreValve LLC · Class II · device

Product

Medtronic Simulus 850 Semi Rigid Ring/Band Accessory Kit Used to size a patient's mitral or tricuspid valve in cardiac procedures.

Reason for recall

Demonstration Simulus Reusable Sizer Accessory Kits were being incorrectly sourced to customers. The demonstration product (product used within a wet lab) could have come in contact with non-human (porcine) tissue.

Distribution

US Nationwide distribution in the states of Ohio and Kansas.

Key facts

Status
Ongoing
Initiation date
2020-01-14
Report date
2020-03-18
Voluntary/Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Location
Santa Ana, CA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1450-2020