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Guidant Corporation: CONTAK RENEWAL 2 (model H155) Heart Failure Device. Sterilized with gaseous ethylene oxide. Guidant corporation, Cardiac Rhythm Management, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. Renewal provides ventricular tachyarrhythmia and cardiac resynchronization therapies.
- Recall number
- Z-0908-05
- Recalling firm
- Guidant Corporation
- Product
- CONTAK RENEWAL 2 (model H155) Heart Failure Device. Sterilized with gaseous ethylene oxide. Guidant corporation, Cardiac Rhythm Management, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. Renewal provides ventricular tachyarrhythmia and cardiac resynchronization therapies.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2005-06-17
- Posted
- 2005-06-30
- Terminated
- 2007-01-10
- Reason
- Laboratory analysis revealed that a deterioration in a wire insulator within the lead connector block, in conjunction with other factors, could cause a short circuit and loss of device function due to diversion of therapy energy away from the heart and into device circuitry.
- Root cause
- Other
- Action
- Dear Doctor letter was dated and issued 06/17/05 informing Doctors of an shorting issue of the Renewal 1 & 2 CRT-D devices. The letter gave indications of device failure and recommendations for patient visits. A press release was also issued on 06/17/05.
- Quantity
- 16,000 (Approximately 11,900 remain implanted worldwide) - both products combined
- Distribution
- worldwide. Including the United States and countries such as: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and Venezuela.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- RENEWAL 2 (model H155) serial number range 173277 - 777182 includes CRT-Ds manufactured on or before August 26, 2004.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- NIK
- Firm FEI
- 2124215
- 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
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- Refresh due
- 2026-10-06
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