Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Boston Scientific TELIGEN ICD

Según U.S. Food and Drug Administration, este evento ( retiro de equipo (recall) ) involucró a un dispositivo médico en United States que fue producido por Boston Scientific CRM Corp.

¿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.

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  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    69291
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 2
  • Número del evento
    Z-0088-2015
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-09-17
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-10-18
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2015-02-20
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
  • Notas / Alertas
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Notas adicionales en la data
    Implantable pulse generator, pacemaker (non-CRT) - Product Code LWP
  • Causa
    Boston scientific identified a subset of cognistm crt-ds and teligentm icds that had experienced an increased rate of premature battery depletion due to compromised performance of a low voltage (lv) capacitor. boston scientific updated their august 2013 physician communication to include additional devices that may experience premature battery depletion due to compromised performance of a low volt.
  • Acción
    Boston Scientific sent an Important Medical Device Information letter to physicians beginning September 17, 2014. The letter provided a summary of the issue, described clinical implications and expected device performance, and provided patient monitoring recommendations. Boston Scientific is introducing upgraded program software (Model 2868, version 3.04) that enhances the effectiveness of the Safety Architecture tools. Questions should be addressed to Boston Scientific Representative or Technical Services 1-800-227-3422 or tech.services@bsci.com.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    3
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. - Virgin Islands. OUS countries to include: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, North Yemen, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan R O C, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela.
  • Descripción del producto
    Boston Scientific TELIGEN, Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator models E102, E110, the following models are not available in the US: models E103, E111, F102, F103, F110, F111. Sterilized using ethylene oxide. || Product Usage: || This family of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) provide a variety of therapies including: -Ventricular tachyarrhythmia therapy, which is used to treat rhythms associated with sudden cardiac death such as VT and VF; -Bradycardia pacing, including adaptive rate pacing, to detect and treat bradyarrhythmias and to provide cardiac rate support after defibrillation therapy. Boston Scientific implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are indicated to provide ventricular antitachycardia pacing (ATP) and ventricular defibrillation for automated treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Boston Scientific CRM Corp, 4100 Hamline Ave N, Saint Paul MN 55112-5700
  • Source
    USFDA