Device Recall Guidant CONTAK RENEWAL 3

model H170, serial numbers: 509659, 509677, 509678,  509679, 509685, 509694, 509695, 509696, 509762, 509884,  509974, 510012   model H175, serial numbers: 512665, 512666, 512667, 512668, 512708, 512709, 512710, 512711, 512713, 512719,  512721, 512722, 512723, 512759, 512791, 512793, 513062,  513064, 513073, 513085, 513086, 513227   model H177, serial numbers: 506951, 506953, 506954,  506955, 506956, 506957, 506959, 506960, 506967, 506969,  506970, 506973, 506974, 507013, 507014, 507472   model H179, serial numbers: 508312, 508316, 508322,  508325, 508326, 508336, 508342, 508349, 508404

Cardiovascular Devices

3

Yes

Nationwide including Puerto Rico. Worldwide, including Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates

Guidant CONTAK RENEWAL 3 (models H170, H175) CONTAK RENEWAL 3 HE (models H177, H179) Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator (CRT-D). Guidant Corporation, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. Cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) provide ventricular tachyarrhythmia and cardiac resynchronization therapies. Ventricular tachyarrhythmia therapy is for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF), rhythms that are associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). Cardiac resynchronization therapy is for the treatment of heart failure (HF) and uses biventricular electrical stimulation to synchronize ventricular contractions. Cardioversion/defibrillation therapies include a range of low-and high-energy shocks using either a biphasic or monophasic waveform.