Cardiac Assist, Inc: TANDEM LIFE LivaNova LIFESPARC Controller; Controller and Accessories Model 5900-0000; Controller Only Model 5900-0001. For circulatory or cardiopulmonary bypass.

Recall number

Z-1763-2022

Recalling firm

Cardiac Assist, Inc

Product

TANDEM LIFE LivaNova LIFESPARC Controller; Controller and Accessories Model 5900-0000; Controller Only Model 5900-0001. For circulatory or cardiopulmonary bypass.

Status

Terminated

Initiated

2022-07-21

Posted

2022-09-23

Terminated

2023-08-08

Reason

Critical Failure of the LifeSPARC controller when the software freezes or crashes and the screen does not display data.

Root cause

Under Investigation by firm

Action

On July 21, 2022, the recalling firm notified impacted customers through mailed letters. Customers were instructed to use Operations Manual revision 15 and to discard all previous revisions of the Operations Manuals.

Quantity

723 units (484 currently in field)

Distribution

US Nationwide distribution.

Lot, serial or model codes

Model 5900-0000 - UDI-DI: 00814112020562 Model 5900-0001 - UDI-DI: 00814112020623 Serial No.: C00115, C50232, C50253, C50403, C00195, C50619, C50623, C50161, C50167, C50388, C50432, C50505, C00189, C50437, C50671, C50690, C50362, C50648, C00048, C00087, C00149, C50274, C50506, C50308, C50319, C00040, C00107, C50160, C50016, C50604, C50493, C50355, C00126, C00155, C50113, C00041, C00135, C00042, C00035, C50012, C50019, C00176, C50386, C00052, C00076, C00092, C50490, C00095, C50149, C00182, C50392, C50337, C50451, C50306, C50460, C50512, C50082, C50092, C50174, C00151, C50328, C50349, C50111, C50501, C00157, C50363, C50353, C50476, C50212, C50219, C50350, C00174, C00006, C50076, C50105, C50235, C50613, C50197, C50375, C50463, C50517, C50632, C50662, C00199, C00205, C50699, C50269, C50398, C50618, C50645, C50100, C50101, C50626, C50204, C50266, C50330, C50031, C50050, C50241, C50524, C50181, C50365, C00038, C50237, C00190, C50598, C50005, C50213, C50214, C50283, C00143, C50287, C50288, C50259, C50285, C50270, C50639, C00158, C50357, C50601, C50289, C50059, C50065, C50043, C50037, C50072, C50096, C50153, C50140, C50703, C50391, C50536, C50682, C50314, C50354, C50470, C50409, C50526, C50146, C50225, C50226, C50001, C50090, C00169, C00023, C00161, C50224, C50230, C50254, C50458, C50525, C50581, C50591, C50378, C50428, C50466, C50539, C50303, C00063, C00071, C50211, C50229, C50280, C00167, C50374, C50387, C00141, C00136, C00145, C50312, C00073, C50243, C00150, C50222, C50343, C50425, C00053, C00057, C50652, C00113, C00114, C50038, C50247, C50651, C50521, C00072, C50485, C50492, C50057, C50126, C00152, C50530, C00086, C00094, C00181, C50389, C50399, C50453, C50169, C50148, C00148, C50456, C50015, C00098, C50465, C50448, C00179, C50406, C50026, C50044, C50162, C00016, C50056, C50170, C50042, C50058, C00039, C00078, C00093, C00089, C50157, C50234, C50236, C50318, C50395, C00166, C50327, C50356, C50410, C50471, C50262, C50385, C50195, C50196, C00132, C00130, C50381, C50436, C50435, C50047, C50055, C50064, C50429, C50370, C50377, C50486, C50627, C50664, C50066, C50078, C50468, C50093, C00129, C50186, C50338, C50483, C50216, C50077, C50108, C00180, C50414, C00079, C00172, C50248, C50257, C50592, C50640, C00083, C50041, C50364, C50452, C50074, C50479, C50575, C00201, C50046, C50326, C50498, C50430, C50438, C50607, C50018, C50175, C50014, C00144, C50477, C50418, C50267, C50119, C00128, C50024, C50185, C50256, C50290, C00165, C50400, C50508, C00015, C00044, C00045, C50344, C50631, C50649, C50635, C50182, C50198, C50251, C50503, C50084, C50122, C50130, C50115, C50228, C00184, C50507, C50087, C50532, C50188, C50104, C50531, C00051, C50051, C50123, C50294, C50444, C50600, C50271, C50272, C50296, C50313, C50279, C00138, C50194, C00054, C00081, C50376, C50624, C50630, C00171, C50434, C50457, C00175, C50599, C50263, C50497, C50496, C50494, C50322, C50411, C50107, C00146, C50089, C50473, C50176, C50307, C00194, C50171, C50459, C50616, C50636, C50647, C00085, C00137, C00139, C50298, C50348, C50215, C50351, C50667, C50663, C50641, C50120, C50109, C50537, C50145, C50514, C00109, C50035, C50010, C50080, C00046, C50393, C50397, C50446, C50462, C50644, C50657, C50656, C50439, C50449, C50334, C50052, C50062, C50190, C50300, C00163, C00164, C00043, C00082, C50033, C00156, C00080, C50070, C50003, C50004, C50020, C50191, C50187, C50405, C50422, C50511, C50116, C50184, C50143, C50154, C50060, C50063, C50299, C50379, C50488, C50331, C00183, C50136, C50139, C50177, C50141, C00178, C50582, C00088, C50025, C50193, C50495, C50007, C50110, C50164, C00168, C00050, C50221, C50489, C50596, C00206, C50685, C50584, C50673, C50324, C50345, C50382, C50320, C50472, C50474, C50183, C50205, C50323, C50440, C00192, C50629, C50579, C50646, C50661, C50589, C50321, C50424, C50192, C50220, C50252, C50402, C00066, C00101, C50481, C50029, C50217, C50233, C50467, C00049, C00062, C00200, C00204, C00068, C00034, C50255, C50342, C50309, C50361, C50006, C50048, C50036, C50068, C50401, C50333, C50081, C50049, C50103, C50346, C50347, C50519, C50152, C50297, C50369, C50373, C50189, C50292, C50316, C50528, C50620, C50246, C50242, C00056, C00077, C00160, C50595, C50594, C50311, C50304, C50121, C50454, C50239, C50273, C50282, C50416, C50621, C50504, C50441, C50587, C00154, C50227, C50368, C50478, C00170, C00173, C50339, C00153, C00159, C50264, C50396, C00055, C00105, C50284, C50605, C50132, C50583, C50231, C50240, C50461, C50352, C50383, C50527, C00112, C50028, C50013, C50159, C50455, C50295, C00074, C50201

510(k) numbers

["K183623"]

PMA numbers

not on file

Product code

DWA

Firm FEI

3002228812

Firm city

Pittsburgh

Firm state

PA

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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