FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Medtronic Neuromodulation: Medtronic iCon Patient Programmer, model 3037. The Patient programmer is a hand held, battery operated, microcontroller based device for use by patients to control and monitor external and implantable devices. The minimum amount of control involves the ability to turn therapy ON or OFF; maximal control allows the patient to select from different therapies and adjust the parameters with in the set therapy limits.
- Recall number
- Z-2322-2008
- Recalling firm
- Medtronic Neuromodulation
- Product
- Medtronic iCon Patient Programmer, model 3037. The Patient programmer is a hand held, battery operated, microcontroller based device for use by patients to control and monitor external and implantable devices. The minimum amount of control involves the ability to turn therapy ON or OFF; maximal control allows the patient to select from different therapies and adjust the parameters with in the set therapy limits.
- Status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- 2008-05-12
- Posted
- 2008-09-20
- Terminated
- 2008-11-21
- Reason
- Medtronic is retrieving four (4) patient programmers that were not properly loaded with application software. The application software is needed for a patient programmer to synchronize and bond with a neurostimulation device. Without this functionality a patient programmer is not useable and can not communicate with a neurostimulation device.
- Root cause
- Process control
- Action
- A letter was sent to each account telling them of the issue and to let them know that Medtronic is retrieving the affected devices. Medtronic Reps were to visit affected accounts to notify them of the recall, locate the affected device and return it. Rep is to complete the reply card and fax to Medtronic Neuromodulation. If you have questions, contact your Medtronic representative or Medtronic Neuromodulation Technical Services at 1-800-707-0933.
- Quantity
- 2
- Distribution
- GA, MO, NC, TX no OUS distribution
- Lot, serial or model codes
- serial numbers: NJD058707N, NJD062024N, NJD063259N, and NJD063324N
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P970004S032"]
- Product code
- EZW
- Firm FEI
- 2182207
- Firm city
- Minneapolis
- Firm state
- MN
- 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
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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