Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (VAD) - TLC-II SYSTEM DRIVER

Según Health Canada (via FOI), este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en Canada que fue producido por THORATEC CORPORATION.

¿Qué es esto?

Una corrección al equipo o acción de retiro tomada por el fabricante para abordar un problema con un dispositivo médico. Los retiros (recalls) ocurren cuando un dispositivo médico está defectuoso, cuando puede poner en riesgo la salud, o cuando simultáneamente está defectuoso y puede poner en riesgo la salud.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    27293
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    I
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2007-06-08
  • País del evento
  • Fuente del evento
    HC
  • Notas / Alertas
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
  • Causa
    Some tlc-ii vad drivers exceeding 1500 hours of use have potential to stop without warning due to a variability in the brush material of the motor. affects all devices serviced or manufactured since aug/05.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Model Catalog: 20010-0000-081 (Lot serial: Serviced/manuf'd since Aug2005)
  • Descripción del producto
    Thoratec TLC-II Portable VAD Driver
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    PLEASANTON
  • Empresa matriz del fabricante (2017)
  • Comentario del fabricante
    “We are in constant communication with regulatory agencies and competent authorities worldwide which allows us to implement global recalls or in-country communication quickly and effectively,” Abbott, which now owns St. Jude Medical told ICIJ in a statement. In addition to sending global notices to physicians worldwide, we also make sure that product advisories are available online and classification of product recalls and product advisories are determined by global regulatory bodies which can impact the timing in any given country. MD companies follow varying regulations in different countries. In come countries software is not regulated so a recall in one country related to software would not be classified as a recall or field action in another. In addition, review cycles within the regulatory process can be different in each country which can impact communication and recall timing.
  • Source
    HC