FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Managment: Medtronic GEM DR Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, Model 7271
- Recall number
- Z-0812-04
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Managment
- Product
- Medtronic GEM DR Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, Model 7271
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2004-04-02
- Posted
- 2004-07-20
- Terminated
- 2005-11-29
- Reason
- Some of the devices with suspect capacitors (high voltage capacitors associated with prior notifications in 1999 and in 2000) have had unexpected charge circuit time-outs or charge circuit inactive conditions as the battery voltage nears the level for Elective Replacement of the devices.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- A letter, dated April 2004, was sent on April 5, 2004 to physicians following patients who had the defibrillators implanted. The letter gave recommendations to physicians for selective replacement of some of the implanted devices and for avoiding the problem. Physicians are being visited by sales representatives to verify notification.
- Quantity
- 250 units (34 units in the United States)
- Distribution
- Nationwide in the United States and worldwide.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Manufacturing Dates from May 1997 to August 1998; and Use Before Dates from November 1998 to February 2000.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P980016"]
- Product code
- LWS
- Firm FEI
- 2182208
- Firm city
- Fridley
- 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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