Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall HeartMate II Implant Kit with Pocket Controller;

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 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
    67639
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 1
  • Número del evento
    Z-1227-2014
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2014-03-04
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2014-03-21
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2015-08-27
  • 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
    Ventricular (assisst) bypass - Product Code DSQ
  • Causa
    Discovery of serious injuries and deaths associated with the process of changing from a primary system controller to their back-up system controller in patients using the pocket system controller model.
  • Acción
    Thoratec sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter dated March 4, 2014 to all affected customers. The letter was sent via e-mail. All distributors outside of the USA and Canada to whom affected product has been distributed have been notified of this field correction notice and have been provided copies of the Customer Letter to forward to their customers. The letter identified the affected product , problem and actions to be taken. Customers were requested to complete and sign the attached Acknowledgement Form and return it to Thoratec via fax (925-847-8571) or e-mail a scanned copy to customer.service@thoratec.com. For questions call 1-800-528-2577.

Device

  • Modelo / Serial
    Catalog number 106015 (NAm) 106016 - EU all serial numbers
  • Clasificación del producto
  • Clase de dispositivo
    3
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide distribution: US (nationwide) including states of: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI; and countries of: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
  • Descripción del producto
    HeartMate II Implant Kit with Pocket Controller; || with sealed grafts (NAm) || with sealed grafts (EU) || Product Usage: HeartMate II is a mechanical device that circulates blood throughout the body when the heart is too weak to pump blood adequately on its own.
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Dirección del fabricante
    Thoratec Corporation, 6035 Stoneridge Dr, Pleasanton CA 94588-3270
  • 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
    USFDA