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LATITUDE Patient Management System, Models 6441*, 6442*… recallZ-0333-2012 · Boston Scientific CRM Corp · initiated Oct 12, 2011

Terminated All recalls posted in December 2011

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  2. If yours is listed, follow the instructions from Boston Scientific CRM Corp or your healthcare provider. The company's action is summarized under what the company is doing.
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Why it was recalled

Current Boston Scientific defibrillator systems measure shock lead impedances up to 200 ohms, and export results to the programmer and LATITUDE monitoring system via the Daily Measurements feature. A measured shock lead impedance that is greater than 125 ohms or less than 20 ohms will generate an alert message on programmer screens and a Red Alert within LATITUDE (if activated). However, the mea

FDA root cause category: Software design

What the company is doing

Boston Scientific sent an "IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION" letter dated October 2011 to all affected customers. The letter described the product, problem and actions to be taken by the customers.

Recall details

Recall number
Z-0333-2012
Recall class
Not yet classified by the FDA
Status
Terminated
Initiated by the company
Oct 12, 2011
Posted by the FDA
Dec 1, 2011
Recalling firm
Boston Scientific CRM Corp
Quantity
25,300 (14,700 US; 10,600 OUS)
Product code
LWS
FDA submissions
P910077
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution-USA (nationwide) including DC and Puerto Rico and the countries of AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, GREECE, GUADELOUPE, HUNGARY, BANGLADESH, CHINA, COCOS ISLAND, HONG KONG, INDIA, INDONESIA, KOREA, MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA, SRI LANKA, THAILAND, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH AFRICA, NEW CALEDONIA, POLAND, PORTUGAL, QATAR, REUNION,IRAN, ISRAEL, JORDAN, KUWAIT, LATVIA, LEBANON, LUXEMBOURG, MONACO, MOROCCO, JAPAN, ARGENTINA, ARUBA, BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, BELIZE, BERMUDA, BRAZIL, CAYMAN ISLANDS, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, FALKLAND ISLANDS, HAITI, HONDURAS, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PANAMA, PERU, TRINIDAD & Tobago, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA, AND NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.

Product description

LATITUDE Patient Management System, Models 6441*, 6442*, 6465*, 6488 (USA). There are two software applications: the programmer software and the LATITUDE remote monitoring system software. The Model 2868 Software Application is loaded onto the Model 3120 programmers. These programmers are used during in-office follow-ups. The software version affected domestically is version 1.05 for COGNIS and TELIGEN and internationally is version 2.04 for COGNIS, TELIGEN, and PUNCTUA, ENERGEN, and INCEPTA. The PUNCTUA, ENERGEN, and INCEPTA are not currently approved in the US The LATITUDE Patient Management system is intended for use to remotely communicate with a compatible Guidant or Boston Scientific pulse generator and transfer data to a central database. The LATITUDE Patient Management System software is web-based and therefore at any point in time, there is only one (1) released version for each model number. The current version is 7.1. Both the programmer software and the LATITUDE remote monitoring system software similarly display the shock lead impedance measurements.

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

Models 6441*, 6442*, 6465*, 6488 (USA).

Other devices under the same FDA submission

34 devices cleared under P910077 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.

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