Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall CONTAK TR pacemaker

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 Guidant 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
    32681
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 1
  • Número del evento
    Z-1039-05
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2005-07-18
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2005-07-28
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2007-01-05
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=40564
  • 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
    A hermetic sealing component utilized in the device may experience a gradual degradation, resulting in a higher than normal moisture content within the pacemeaker case late in the device's service life.
  • Acción
    INITIAL RECALL Urgent medical Device Safety Information & Corrective Action letter dated 07/18/05 was issued to physicians listing clinical Implications and patient management recommendations. EXPANDED RECALL Press was issued January 23, 2006. Urgent Medical Device Safety Information & Corrective Action letter, dated 01/21/06, was issued to physicians listing a summary of previous communication to physicians, advisory population update, and information relative to a second population of devices manufactured between October 19, 1998 and December 5, 2000. This letter gives the observed rate of occurrence, clinical implications, projected rate of occurrence and recommendations.

Device

Device Recall CONTAK TR pacemaker
  • Modelo / Serial
    Affected devices may be contained in the following serial number ranges.  INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 200128 thru 200479. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 200076 thru 200958
  • Clasificación del producto
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    3
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    worldwide. Including the United States and countries such as: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Polynesia, Portugal, Reunion, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore,Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan ROC, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Venezuela. EXPANDED RECALL additional countries include: China, Croatia, Korea. Lithuania, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Nepal and Thailand.
  • Descripción del producto
    CONTAK TR (Model no. 1241) pacemaker. Sterilized with gaseous ethylene oxide. Guidant Corporation , Cardiac Rhythm Management, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. The Guidant CONTAK TR CHFD congestive heart failure devices are multiprogrammable dual-chamber devices that offer adaptive-rate congestive heart failure pacing therapy. CONTAK TR devices use an accelerometer that allows the pacing rate to adapt to the patient's changing metabolic demand as it responds to patient activity.
  • Manufacturer
    Guidant Corporation

Manufacturer

Guidant Corporation
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Guidant Corporation, 4100 Hamline Ave N, Saint Paul MN 55112-5700
  • Source
    USFDA