Boston Scientific CRM Corp: Guidant Contak Renewal 3 CRT-D Model H170; 3CRT-D, Model H175; 3HE CRT-D, Model H177; 3HE CRT-D, Model H179; 4CRT-D REF H190; 4CRT-D REF H195; 4HE CRT-D REF H197; 4HE CRT-D REF H199; 4AVT CRT D, REF M177; 4AVT HE CRT-D REF 179. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator, Sterile EO, Guidant Corporation, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St Paul, MN 55112-5798. Indicated for patients who are at risk for sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmias and may require pacing support.

Recall number

Z-1620-2009

Recalling firm

Boston Scientific CRM Corp

Product

Guidant Contak Renewal 3 CRT-D Model H170; 3CRT-D, Model H175; 3HE CRT-D, Model H177; 3HE CRT-D, Model H179; 4CRT-D REF H190; 4CRT-D REF H195; 4HE CRT-D REF H197; 4HE CRT-D REF H199; 4AVT CRT D, REF M177; 4AVT HE CRT-D REF 179. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator, Sterile EO, Guidant Corporation, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St Paul, MN 55112-5798. Indicated for patients who are at risk for sudden cardiac death due to ventricular arrhythmias and may require pacing support.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2009-03-04

Posted

2009-07-17

Terminated

2012-10-04

Reason

In April 2007, Boston Scientific CRM communicated with physicians regarding the potential for reduced Elective Replacement Indicator (ERI) to Battery End of Life (EOL) time in a subset of implantable defibrillators due to degradation of a low-voltage capacitor. Since that time, the April 2007 advisory population has not experienced any clinically significant changes to either the rate of occurrenc

Root cause

Nonconforming Material/Component

Action

Boston Scientific CRM notified Doctors via sales representatives of an "Urgent Medical Device Information" letter dated March 4, 2009. The letter described the problem and included Description of Issue, Rate of Occurrence, Patient Management Recommendations, Devices Affected, Warranty Program & Further Information. A Boston Scientific " Product Advisory" letter dated March 4, 2009, was also made available to physicians to distribute to patients. The letter informed the patient that their defibrillator was included in a group of devices that might experience a performance issue. For further questions, Contact Boston Scientific CRM at 1-800-227-3422.

Quantity

112

Distribution

Worldwide Distribution - US including PR and states of AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI and WY and countries of ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, LEBANON, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, POLYNESIA, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY and UNITED KINGDOM.

Lot, serial or model codes

SERIAL NUMBERS FOR MODEL #H170 :  361904, 363420, 363895, 364293, 364294, 364349, 364350, 364470, 364480, 364485, 364486, 364494, 364510, 364539, 364617 and 364621; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #H175:  312616, 312962, 312965, 312973, 313064, 315207, 315209, 315212, 315213, 315219, 315227, 315238, 315248, 315251, 315265, 315398, 315431, 315446, 316045, 316064 and 316123; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #H177:  281692, 282937, 284803, 284874, 284896, 285009, 285019, 285091, 285110, 285111, 285120, 285134 285332 and 285357; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #H179:  111439, 112977, 113822, 113910, 114275, 114375, 114394, 114488, 114503, 114506, 114515, 114523, 114652, 114680, 114682 and 114714; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #H190:  312166, 311764, 311803, 311894, 312164 and 312177; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #H195:  352084, 353252, 353389, 351230, 353157 and 353388; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #H197:  310113, 310253, 310651, 310335, 310337, 310339, 310342, 310357, 310361, 310442, 310464, 310465, 310518, 310660, 310691, 310696, 310814, 310933 and 311096; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #H199:  321405, 321060, 321415, 321423, 321478, 321489, 321494, 321498 and 321689; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #M177:  200050 and 200051; and  SERIAL NUMBERS MODEL #M179:  200098, 200099 and 200033.

510(k) numbers

not on file

PMA numbers

["P010012S008"]

Product code

LWP

Firm FEI

2124215

Firm city

Saint Paul

Firm state

MN

Firm country

not on file

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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

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