FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Edwards Lifesciences, Llc: Edwards Lifesciences Swan-Ganz Thermodilution Catheter REF: 139F75 For use inpatients who require hemodynamic monitoring. Intended to be used in combination with clinical pressure monitoring equipment to measure right heart and pulmonary artery pressures, and with the Vigilance Monitor to measure cardiac output.
- Recall number
- Z-1238-2009
- Recalling firm
- Edwards Lifesciences, Llc
- Product
- Edwards Lifesciences Swan-Ganz Thermodilution Catheter REF: 139F75 For use inpatients who require hemodynamic monitoring. Intended to be used in combination with clinical pressure monitoring equipment to measure right heart and pulmonary artery pressures, and with the Vigilance Monitor to measure cardiac output.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2009-02-09
- Posted
- 2009-04-17
- Terminated
- 2011-04-11
- Reason
- Cardiac output measurements were unavailable and the following message is displayed in the Vigilance monitor: "Fault. CCO Catheter Verification. Use Bolus Mode".
- Root cause
- Software design
- Action
- Edwards initiated the worldwide recall via Urgent Customer Notification letters dated February 9, 2009 and are being sent by Federal Express starting on February 10, 2009. These letters are requesting that customers cease using Swan-Ganz" Continuous Cardiac Output (CCO) Thermodilution Catheter products from the indicated lots and that they return all unused product. Edwards Lifesciences requested that the customer provide written verification of stock and identify any unused product to be returned. Questions should be directed to Technical Service at 800-822-9837.
- Quantity
- 35 units
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico and countries of Canada, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Colombia, Australia, and Singapore.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Lot: 58619364 - expiration date between May 2010 and November 2010.
- 510(k) numbers
- ["K924661"]
- PMA numbers
- not on file
- Product code
- KRA
- Firm FEI
- 2015691
- Firm city
- Irvine
- Firm state
- CA
- Firm country
- not on file
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- Register
- FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)
- File
- device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip
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- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
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