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Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management: Medtronic EnTrust, Dual Chamber Implantable, Cardioverter Defibrillator with Atrial and Ventricular Therapies, models D153ATG and D154ATG. The device is indicated for use in ICD patients with atrial tachyarrhythmias, or who are at significant risk of developing atrial tachyarrhythmias. The device is intended to provide ventricular antitachycardia pacing and ventricular defibrillation for automated treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. In addition, the device is intended to provide pacing, cardioversion, and defibrillation for treatment of patients with symptomatic, drug-refractory atrial fibrillation and/or life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Sterile. Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55432 USA.
- Recall number
- Z-1248-2012
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management
- Product
- Medtronic EnTrust, Dual Chamber Implantable, Cardioverter Defibrillator with Atrial and Ventricular Therapies, models D153ATG and D154ATG. The device is indicated for use in ICD patients with atrial tachyarrhythmias, or who are at significant risk of developing atrial tachyarrhythmias. The device is intended to provide ventricular antitachycardia pacing and ventricular defibrillation for automated treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. In addition, the device is intended to provide pacing, cardioversion, and defibrillation for treatment of patients with symptomatic, drug-refractory atrial fibrillation and/or life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Sterile. Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55432 USA.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2012-03-06
- Posted
- 2012-03-22
- Terminated
- 2012-07-27
- Reason
- A small percentage of EnTrust ICDs may not meet expected longevity or provide at least three months of device operation between the Elective Replacement Indicator (ERI) and End of Life (EOL) due to a more-rapid-than-expected drop in battery voltage.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- An "Urgent Medical Device Correction" letter was sent to physicians beginning 3/6/2012. The letter described the issue and provided patient management recommendations. Additionally the letter stated that ongoing updates to the product performance report will be posted on a Medtronic website.
- Quantity
- 68,804 devices worldwide
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution -- USA, and the countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macedonia, Martinique, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Venezuela.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- all serial numbers
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P980016S046"]
- Product code
- LWS
- Firm FEI
- 2182208
- Firm city
- Saint Paul
- Firm state
- MN
- 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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- Size
- 288210821 bytes
- Published
- 2026-09-28
- Read
- 2026-09-29T08:25:23.626Z
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