RELIANCE 4-FRONT™ 0653Recalls & reported problems
Boston Scientific Corporation · Steroid-eluting Bipolar Pace/Sense and Defibrillation Lead · Class 3 · Implant
All models of RELIANCE 4-FRONT (11)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 2
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00802526592836), received between Jul 8, 2021 and Apr 13, 2022 — classified as 2 injuries.
3 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (P910073); they may or may not involve this specific model.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
Patient problems
- Sepsis2
- Unspecified Infection2
- Pocket Erosion1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 13, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THIS RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD WAS PART OF A SYSTEM REVISION DUE TO INFECTION WITH SEPSIS. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS REPORTED. THE RV LEAD WAS EXPLANTED.
Patient problems: Sepsis; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 14107111 ↗InjuryJul 8, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THIS RIGHT VENTRICULAR (RV) LEAD WAS PART OF A SYSTEM REVISION DUE TO INFECTION AND EROSION WITH SEPSIS. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS. THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL ADVERSE PATIENT EFFECTS REPORTED. THE RV LEAD WAS EXPLANTED.
Patient problems: Pocket Erosion; Sepsis; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12139292 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under P910073. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2326-2025 · Jul 24, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedENDOTAK RELIANCE G/SG with 4-SITE Connector, transvenous defibrillation lead, Permanent Defibrillator Electrodes; Model Nos. 0282, 0283, 0285, 0286, 0292, 0293, 0295, 0296
- Z-2325-2025 · Jul 24, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedENDOTAK RELIANCE G/SG, transvenous defibrillation lead, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (non-CRT); Model Nos. 0160, 0161, 0162, 0163, 0164, 0165, 0166, 0167, 0170, 0171, o18
- Z-2327-2025 · Jul 24, 2025 · Open, ClassifiedRELIANCE 4-FRONT, endocardial cardioversion/defibrillation and pace/sense lead, Permanent Defibrillator Electrodes; Model Nos. 0654, 0655, 0657, 0658, 0682, 0683, 0685, 0686, 0692,
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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