# FDA recall Z-1966-2019

> **Datascope Corporation** · Class II · device recall initiated 2019-05-28.

## Product

Sensation Plus 7.5Fr. 40cc Intra-Aortic Balloon Catheter with accessories, Part Number 0684-00-0568-01    Product Usage:  The Sensation Plus 7.5Fr. 40cc Intra-Aortic Balloon Catheter with accessories is a device that includes a catheter, an insertion kit and two STATLOCK IAB stabilization devices. It is a cardiac assist device intended to provide counterpulsation therapy in the aorta, whereby balloon inflation during diastole and deflation during systole increases blood supply to the heart muscle and decreases the work of the left ventricle.

## Reason for recall

The device was distributed with the outer carton labeled with the manufacture date and the expiry date reversed. This showed the product as expired before it was manufactured.

## Distribution

The products were distributed to the following US states:  FL.    The products were distributed to the following foreign countries:  Australia, Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ukraine.

## Key facts

- **Recall number:** Z-1966-2019
- **Recalling firm:** Datascope Corporation
- **Classification:** Class II
- **Product type:** device
- **Status:** Terminated
- **Initiation date:** 2019-05-28
- **Report date:** 2019-07-24
- **Termination date:** 2023-09-25

- **Voluntary/Mandated:** Voluntary: Firm initiated
- **Location:** Fairfield, NJ, United States

## Primary source

FDA Enforcement Reports: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=Z-1966-2019

## Citation

> AI Analytics. FDA recall Z-1966-2019. Retrieved 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/recall/Z-1966-2019. Source: US FDA. Licensed CC0.

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