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Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Managment: Medtronic Sprint Quattro Secure S, model 6935. Steroid eluting, tripolar, screw-in, ventricular lead with RV defibrillation coil electrode. Contents Sterile. Manufactured in: Villalba, Puerto Rico, USA. Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55432 U.S.A.
- Recall number
- Z-0474-2011
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Managment
- Product
- Medtronic Sprint Quattro Secure S, model 6935. Steroid eluting, tripolar, screw-in, ventricular lead with RV defibrillation coil electrode. Contents Sterile. Manufactured in: Villalba, Puerto Rico, USA. Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55432 U.S.A.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2010-10-25
- Posted
- 2010-11-26
- Terminated
- 2012-02-04
- Reason
- Over--retraction of the helix during initial implant or subsequent repositioning may result in the inability to extend the helix. This does not impact acute or chronic performance of successfully implanted leads.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- Medtronic issued an Important Medical Device Correction letter, dated October 2010, to doctors. The letter contains a Performance Note. The letter describes the issue and the performance note provides information on how to mitigate the issue through replacement with a new lead. Customers can contact Medtronic Technical Services at 800 723-4636
- Quantity
- 154,000 total
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution: Throughout the US, including Guam, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands, and to the countries of: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Viet Nam.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- all devices are affected, however, it is an issue that can present itself only at the time of the surgical procedure (acute issue) and it doesn't affect teh chronic performance of a successfully implanted lead.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P920015S039"]
- Product code
- LWS
- Firm FEI
- 2182208
- Firm city
- Saint Paul
- Firm state
- MN
- Firm country
- not on file
Where this comes from
- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
- sha256
- b87518bfe2e8
- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
- Source file
- Source file retained · verify
- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28