FDAMarch 6, 2020device
TandemHeart pump is assembled into kits: TandemHeart Kit - TS62/A17, Product: 5710-6217 - Product Usage: provides temporary extracorporeal circulatory system support with the unique ability to locally deliver an anticoagulant through the infusion system.
Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
The hazard
Failure to prime due to an assembly error
What to do
FDA enforcement status: Terminated
Brands named
cardiac assistcardiac
Recall history
Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.
- FDASterile Water: Product Name/Product Code: USP STERILE WATER SYRINGE/1030A, SYRINGE PREFILLED 10 ML/6496722, 30CC PREFILLED SYRINGE/6496723, USP STERILE WATER SYRINGE/1030, 10CC PREFILLED SYRINGES/51638, 30CC PREFILLED SYRINGES/52333, 10CC PREFILLED SYRINGES/10102023-11-06
- FDASterile Water/Saline: Brand Name: Product Name/Product Code: CARDINAL: 100ML STERILE SALINE BOTTLE/1020, 100ML STERILE SALINE BOTTLE/1022, 100ML STERILE WATER BOTTLE/1024, 100ML STERILE WATER BOTTLE/10000, 100ML STERILE WATER BOTTLE/PT00103419, 100ML STERILE SALINE BOTTLE/PT00103427; COVIDIEN: ST...2023-11-06
- FDA0.9% Sodium Chloride: Product Name/Product Code: 10ML IV FLUSH STERILE FIELD/EMZ100912402023-11-06
- FDASterile Water/Saline: Product Name/Product Code: CUP STERILE WATER¿ FOIL LID 120 ML/T167005; CUP STERILE SALINE FOIL LID 120 ML/T1670072023-11-06
- FDA0.9% Sodium Chloride: Brand Name: Product Name/Product Code: MAC MEDICAL: 10ML FILL SYRINGE/9210; NURSE ASSIST: 3ML IV FLUSH SYRINGE/1203-BP, 5ML IV FLUSH SYRINGE/1205-BP, 10ML IV FLUSH SYRINGE/1210-BP; SOL: 0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE IV FLUSH SYRINGE/PFF001; HALYARD OWENS MINOR: 0.9% USP SODIUM CHLORI...2023-11-06
- FDALifeSPARC Pump (part number 5800-0000) contained within TandemLife LifeSPARC Priming Tray part number: 5800-1000. Note: The 5800-1000 model number is an individually packaged component contained within the Kit numbers: 5830-2916 LS TANDEMLIFE KIT DL29 5840-2417 LS TANDEMLIFE KIT - V24, A172023-06-30
- FDAICD-DR DDBB2D4 EVERA XT IS1/DF4 INTL, Model Number DDBB2D4; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators2023-05-10
- FDAICD-DR DDBB2D1 EVERA XT IS1/DF1 INTL, Model Number DDBB2D1; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators2023-05-10
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