SJM™ Masters Series 23MTJ-503Recalls & reported problems
St. Jude Medical, Inc. · Mitral PTFE Rotatable Mechanical Heart Valve · Class 3 · Implant
All models of SJM Masters Series (27)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 05414734053600), received between Aug 18, 2025 and Aug 18, 2025 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Patient Device Interaction Problem” (1 report).
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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Patient Device Interaction Problem1
- Physical Resistance/Sticking1
Patient problems
- Thrombosis/Thrombus1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 18, 2025Patient Device Interaction Problem; Physical Resistance/Sticking; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Physical Resistance/Sticking
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, A 23MM MASTERS SERIES HEART VALVE WITH EXPANDED TEFLON WAS IMPLANTED. THE LEAFLETS WERE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY UNTIL EARLY (B)(6) 2025. ON (B)(6) 2025, THERE WAS "CONCERN THAT THE VALVE MAY HAVE BECOME STUCK." ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY WAS PERFORMED WHICH SHOWED STUCK LEAFLETS. THROMBUS HAD ACCUMULATED AT THE PIVOT AND THE VALVE WAS EXPLANTED. UPON EXPLANT, LEAFLET FUNCTION WAS TESTED AND "WERE STUCK DUE TO MATERIAL ADHERED TO THE PIVOT." A NEW 25MM NON-ABBOTT DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION.
Patient problems: Thrombosis/Thrombus
MAUDE report 22833926 ↗
Other HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL devices
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- SJM Regent™ AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL3 deaths70 reports
- SJM Regent™ AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL5 deaths66 reports
- SJM Regent™ 23AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL3 deaths44 reports
- CARBOMEDICS SUPRA-ANNULAR (TOP HAT) S5-021Corcym Srl · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL7 deaths37 reports
- Regent™ 21AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL3 deaths35 reports
- Regent™ 23AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL2 deaths33 reports
- Regent™ 19AGFN-756St. Jude Medical, Inc. · HEART-VALVE, MECHANICAL31 reports
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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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