Events

Retiro De Equipo (Recall) de Device Recall Thoratec TLCII Portable VAD driver

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 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.

Más información acerca de la data acá
  • Tipo de evento
    Recall
  • ID del evento
    38325
  • Clase de Riesgo del Evento
    Class 1
  • Número del evento
    Z-1108-2007
  • Fecha de inicio del evento
    2007-06-08
  • Fecha de publicación del evento
    2007-07-27
  • Estado del evento
    Terminated
  • País del evento
    United States
  • Fecha de finalización del evento
    2008-07-17
  • Fuente del evento
    USFDA
  • URL de la fuente del evento
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=53406
  • 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 Assist Device System (VAD) - Product Code DSQ
  • Causa
    Component failure; device failure without warning; due to premature wear-out of the compressor motor, vad support for the patient's circulatory system may fail without warning.
  • Acción
    Urgent Medical Device Recall letters, dated June 08, 2007, were issued to consignees, with instructions to take the following actions: 1) check the current number of service hours on all units. 2) do not use TLC-II drivers exceeding 1500 hours until they are serviced by thoratec. 3) note the indicated hours on the product inventory form and return the form to Thoratec. 4) ensure that all patients have a back up driver and hand pumps at all times and have been trained in backup procedures. The firm is also arranging for the return and servicing of all affected drivers, with highest priority to those drivers already exceeding 1500 hours of life. A July 19, 2007, Press Release was issued by the firm.

Device

Device Recall Thoratec TLCII Portable VAD driver
  • Modelo / Serial
    Catalog number 20010-0000-032. All units manufactured or serviced since August, 2005.
  • Clasificación del producto
    Cardiovascular Devices
  • Clase de dispositivo
    3
  • ¿Implante?
    Yes
  • Distribución
    Worldwide: USA including states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WA, as well as, countries of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Qatar, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, and UK.
  • Descripción del producto
    Thoratec TLC-II Portable VAD Driver. Component (pneumatic) driver of Thoratec Ventricular Assist Device system
  • Manufacturer
    Thoratec Corp

Manufacturer

Thoratec Corp
  • Dirección del fabricante
    Thoratec Corp, 6035 Stoneridge Drive, Pleasanton CA 94588
  • Source
    USFDA