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Boston Scientific CONFIENT, model E030, Implantable… recallZ-1555-2010 · Boston Scientific CRM Corp · initiated Mar 15, 2010

Terminated All recalls posted in May 2010

Is my device affected?

  1. Compare the model, catalog and lot or serial numbers on your device or its packaging with the code information below. A recall usually covers only specific models or lots.
  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.
  3. Do not stop using a prescribed or implanted device on your own — talk to your healthcare provider first.

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Why it was recalled

Boston Scientific Corporation has stopped shipment and is retrieving unimplanted devices from US hospital shelves of all its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) after determining that some manufacturing process changes were not submitted for approval to the US Food & Drug Administration.

FDA root cause category: PMA

What the company is doing

BSC issues press release dated 15 March 2010. FDA press release posted 18 March 2010. On 15 March 2010, BSC Sales Representatives begin removal of devices from health care facilities stock. Starting 22 March 2010 BSC sent a physician letter dated 22 March 2010 to implanting and following physicians via FedEx. The Urgent Medical Device Recall letter described the issue of why devices were being removed from hospital shelves. The letter did NOT recommend any changes to normal follow-up procedures for patients implanted with an ICD or CRT-D device. The letter included ALL potential US models. To be complete and mitigate the possibility of retrieval errors, the ICD and CRT-D US models that may be on customer's shelves were included in the letter. The devices subject to retrieval, however, were those non-implanted devices with domestic customers. For questions, please contact the local representative (1-800-227-3422) for pick up and return or contact Boston Scientific Technical Services at 1.800.CARDIAC (227.3422).

Recall details

Recall number
Z-1555-2010
Recall class
Not yet classified by the FDA
Status
Terminated
Initiated by the company
Mar 15, 2010
Posted by the FDA
May 8, 2010
Recalling firm
Boston Scientific CRM Corp
Quantity
55
Product code
LWP
FDA submissions
P960040
Distribution
nationwide within US only (OUS distribution not affected).

Product description

Boston Scientific CONFIENT, model E030, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). The CONFIENT Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICDs) are designed to detect and terminate ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation(VF) and provide bradycardia therapy (atrial and ventricular pacing). Therapies include both low- and high-energy shocks using either a biphasic or monophasic waveform. Sterilized using ethylene oxide. Boston Scientific, 4100 Hamline Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798. USA.

Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)

Model E030, serial numbers: 504800, 505054, 505073, 506067, 506886, 506961, 507219, 507236, 507255, 507268, 507292, 507304, 507332, 507372, 507381, 507388, 507412, 507424, 507446, 507448, 507449, 507454, 507467, 507527, 507538, 507577, 507594, 507600, 507607, 507614, 507618, 507625, 507728, 507742, 507757, 507785, 507829, 507840, 507882, 507898, 507903, 507904, 507923, 507940, 507943, 507944, 507952, 507960, 507963, 507966, 507984, 508001, 508008, 508059, 508130.

Other devices under the same FDA submission

45 devices cleared under P960040 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.

Other products in the same recall event

The FDA groups related products into one recall event (event 55216).

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