# FDA recall Z-1525-2020

> **Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)** · Class II · device recall initiated 2020-01-30.

## Product

Medtronic CareLink Encore 29901 Programmer.   Used to interrogate and program Medtronic and Vitatron implantable devices, such as pacemaker/ICD/CRT.

## Reason for recall

Medtronic Conexus Telemetry has been determined to contain two primary cyber vulnerabilities: improper access control and the cleartext transmission of sensitive information.

## Distribution

Worldwide distribution.  US Nationwide including Puerto Rico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Peru, Bermuda, Barbados, Ecuador, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Jamaica, Japan, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Austria, Suriname, Netherlands, Aruba, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Sweden, Czech Republic, Ireland, France, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Guadeloupe, Reunion, Mauritius, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Namibia, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Iceland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Macedonia, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan, Jordan, Morocco, Belarus, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia, Cyprus, Oman, Slovenia, Algeria, Malta, Croatia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Kuwait, Latvia, Ukraine, Andorra, Burkina Faso, Nepal, Mayotte, French Guiana, Martinique, Bosnia 

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-1525-2020
- **Recalling firm:** Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF)
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Ongoing
- **Initiation date:** 2020-01-30
- **Report date:** 2020-03-25

- **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-1525-2020

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-1525-2020. Retrieved 2026-07-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-1525-2020. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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