Model 4000 Monitor component of the LifeVest Wearable… recallZ-0625-2011 · Zoll Lifecor Corporation · initiated Sep 24, 2010
Terminated All recalls posted in December 2010
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Why it was recalled
The response button function may become intermittent. This can result in the device not progressing beyond the response button test during startup, which may prevent a conscious patient from delaying a treatment shock.
FDA root cause category: Other
What the company is doing
Zoll Life Vest contacted patients that are expected to be in the device more than 60 days by letter and phone to arrange replacement monitors. Instructions for the return of the recalled monitor accompany the replacement monitor The firm will also contact the prescribing physician via telephone for long-term use patients to inform the physician of this voluntary recall and to assist in contacting any patients the firm was unable to reach by telephone. Zoll Life Vest can be contacted at 1-800-543-3267 about this recall.
Recall details
- Recall number
- Z-0625-2011
- Recall class
- Not yet classified by the FDA
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated by the company
- Sep 24, 2010
- Posted by the FDA
- Dec 16, 2010
- Recalling firm
- Zoll Lifecor Corporation
- Quantity
- 494 units
- Product code
- MVK
- FDA submissions
- P010030
- Distribution
- Nationwide Distribution: Throughout the US. including the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WV.
Product description
Model 4000 Monitor component of the LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator
Code information (models, lots, serial numbers)
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Other devices under the same FDA submission
12 devices cleared under P010030 — the recall does not name any of them by identifier. One submission often covers many models, so they may or may not be affected.
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 4000 MonitorZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator2,039 deaths36,128 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 4000 Electrode BeltZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator44 deaths15,404 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 4000 Battery PackZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator1 death9,929 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 4000 Battery ChargerZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator1 death6,327 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 4000 Electrode BeltZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator14 deaths4,460 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 4000 Battery ChargerZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator1 death1,296 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 5100 Battery PackZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator557 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 5100 MonitorZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator9 deaths482 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 5100 Electrode BeltZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator1 death114 reports
- LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator LifeVest 5100 Battery ChargerZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator44 reports
- Hospital Wearable Defibrillator HWD 1000 MonitorZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator5 reports
- Hospital Wearable Defibrillator HWD 1000 Battery ChargerZoll Manufacturing Corporation · Wearable Automated External Defibrillator3 reports
Sources and updates
- Recall record: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026 · View the FDA recall notice ↗
- Devices: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Devices are linked when their identifier (with a valid check digit) appears in the recall's code information.
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