FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
SynCardia Systems Inc.: 5000 Series Freedom Drivers. Freedom Driver System for Temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t). Part number 595000-001
- Recall number
- Z-0659-2017
- Recalling firm
- SynCardia Systems Inc.
- Product
- 5000 Series Freedom Drivers. Freedom Driver System for Temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t). Part number 595000-001
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2016-10-21
- Posted
- not on file
- Terminated
- 2017-02-21
- Reason
- The Main Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) of the affected Freedom Drivers may fail and cause the Freedom Driver to stop functioning without visual or audible alarms, resulting in the loss of life-sustaining function.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- On 10/21/16 customers were notified by phone. Customers were informed that patients who were being supported by affected Drivers must be switched to unaffected Drivers. The firm will provide unaffected Freedom Drivers to replace the affected Drivers. Affected Drivers must be return to the firm. Instructions for return provided, and Acknowledgment Form must be completed. Contact Information For Questions Mary Pat Sloan Senior Vice President Global Certification and Logistics SynCardia Systems, LLC 1992 E Silverlake Rd Tucson, AZ 85713 Direct 520-547-7470 Toll-free 866-480-1122 Ext 1308 Monday-Friday 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific/Arizona time Hotline 24/7 866-771-9437 www.syncardia.com On 10/27/16 customer notification letters were sent. The letter provided instructions on how to recognize the device could fail. The patient and caregiver will recognize that an affected Driver is failing because the Freedom Driver will stop pumping without generating any sound or any visual or audible alarms. When functioning, the Freedom Driver exhibits a distinctive pumping sound; when it stops pumping the lack of sound is noticeable. Generally, if the Freedom Driver function is interrupted, a visual and/or audible alarm will occur. However, as a result of this component failure, when affected Freedom Drivers stop functioning, there will be no visual or audible alarms, and no pumping sound. Actions to Be Taken by The Customer/User SynCardia has provided unaffected Freedom Drivers to the two hospitals to replace the affected 5000 series Drivers. All patients with affected Freedom Drivers have undergone the exchange and received unaffected Drivers. The hospitals have returned all the affected Freedom Drivers to SynCardia. The hospitals are requested to complete the Recall Acknowledgement and Receipt Form below and return to SynCardia.
- Quantity
- 5
- Distribution
- US distribution to Virginia and Arizona.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- S/N 5002 UDI (01)00858000003121(21)5002 S/N 5005 UDI (01)00858000003121(21)5005 S/N 5008 UDI (01)00858000003121(21)5008 S/N 5009 UDI (01)00858000003121(21)5009 S/N 5010 UDI (01)00858000003121(21)5010
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P030011"]
- Product code
- LOZ
- Firm FEI
- 3003761017
- Firm city
- Tucson
- Firm state
- AZ
- 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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