FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
HeartWare Inc: Heartware HVAD Pump Implant Kit (Heartware Ventricular Assist Device) Catalog Numbers: 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, and 1205. For use as a bridge-to-cardiac transplantation in patients who are at risk of death from refractory end-stage left ventricular heart failure. The HeartWare VAS is designed for in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings, including transportation via fix-wing aircraft or helicopter.
- Recall number
- Z-1471-2014
- Recalling firm
- HeartWare Inc
- Product
- Heartware HVAD Pump Implant Kit (Heartware Ventricular Assist Device) Catalog Numbers: 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, and 1205. For use as a bridge-to-cardiac transplantation in patients who are at risk of death from refractory end-stage left ventricular heart failure. The HeartWare VAS is designed for in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings, including transportation via fix-wing aircraft or helicopter.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2013-12-06
- Posted
- 2014-04-23
- Terminated
- 2016-11-03
- Reason
- The housing to the Pump's driveline connector became partially or fully separated from the front portion of the driveline connector.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- HeartWare, Inc. sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to all their hospitals and doctors on December 12, 2013 instructing that at each routine clinic visit, they should inspect the patient's driveline connector as described in the attached Technical Bulletin. For already implanted patients, arrange a follow up visit at the earliest convenience to check patient's driveline connector. They were asked to sign and return the Acknowledgement Form to HeartWare. For questions, contact your HeartWare Representative or HeartWare Customer Service at 1-877-367-4823.
- Quantity
- 4,586
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - USA Nationwide in the states of MN, IL, FL, WI, MO, MA, NC, CA, GA, AL, CO, TX, OH, NY, VA, UT, KY, MD, AZ, SC, IN, PA, DE, NJ, LA, OR, WA, MI, IA, TN and DC and countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Catalog Numbers: 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, and 1205. Serial Numbers: HW001 to HW11270 and HW20001 to HW 20296.
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P100047"]
- Product code
- DSQ
- Firm FEI
- 3007042319
- Firm city
- Miami Lakes
- Firm state
- FL
- 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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FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration (openFDA)), device-recall-0001-of-0001.json.zip, sha256 b87518bfe2e8, published 2026-09-28