FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
HeartWare Inc: HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD). Catalog #'s US: 1101 and 1103 / OUS: 1100, 1101,1102,1104,1104JP and 1205. Product Usage: For use as a bridge-to-cardiac transplantation in patient who are at risk of death from refractory end-stage left ventricular heart failure.
- Recall number
- Z-1698-2015
- Recalling firm
- HeartWare Inc
- Product
- HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (HVAD). Catalog #'s US: 1101 and 1103 / OUS: 1100, 1101,1102,1104,1104JP and 1205. Product Usage: For use as a bridge-to-cardiac transplantation in patient who are at risk of death from refractory end-stage left ventricular heart failure.
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2015-04-29
- Posted
- 2015-06-08
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- HeartWare has received complaints relating to damage or bent connection pins within the power supply ports of the VAD controller.
- Root cause
- Device Design
- Action
- HeartWare sent an Urgent Medical Device Correction letter to customers on May 25, 2015. The letter identified the affected product, problem and actions to be taken. The letter instructed customers to: 1. Review the enclosed notice and Patient Communication. 2. Forward the notice to those individuals within their organization who need to be aware of its contents. 3. Identify the patients currently supported by the HVAD System. 4. Distribute the "Patient Communication" to their patients directly via FedEx or some other reliable means of communication. 5. Continue to reinforce the messages set forth in the notice with their patients during their regularly scheduled appointments. 6. Complete, sign and return the Acknowledgement and Completion Form to HeartWare within 30 days of receipt of this letter. For questions contact your local HeartWare representative or the 24-Hour Clinical Support personnel at 1-888-494-6365.
- Quantity
- 3,747 currently implanted worldwide
- Distribution
- Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA and countries of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and UK.
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Serial #: ALL HeartWare HVAD systems currently in use.
- 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
- Source file retained · verify
- 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