FDAAugust 15, 2025device

Heartstring III Proximal Seal System, 4.3 MM. Intravascular anastomosis occluder.

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The hazard

Three failure modes have been identified: failure of the Heartstring Seal to load, failure of the Heartstring Seal to deploy into the aortotomy, and failure of the deployed Heartstring Seal to provide adequate hemostasis.

What to do

FDA enforcement status: Ongoing

Brands named

maquet cardiovascularmaquet

UPCs

00607567700321

Recall history

Other federal recalls tied to the same brand — a factual pattern, straight from the source data.

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