FDA Medical Device Recalls (openFDA)
Abbott Medical: Merlin" Patient Care System (PCS) software Merlin" PCS 3650 programmer Model 3330 software
- Recall number
- Z-2405-2026
- Recalling firm
- Abbott Medical
- Product
- Merlin" Patient Care System (PCS) software Merlin" PCS 3650 programmer Model 3330 software
- Status
- Open, Classified
- Initiated
- 2026-05-12
- Posted
- 2026-06-11
- Terminated
- not on file
- Reason
- Software malfunction may occur during pacing capture threshold test of pacemaker resulting in programmer not successfully communicating the command to terminate the test.
- Root cause
- Software Design Change
- Action
- On May 12 Abbott issued a Urgent Medical Device Recall notification via sales representative. Abbott ask consignees to take the following actions: Abbott has developed updated Merlin PCS 3650 programmer software (v28.9.1 rev 1 or higher) that resolves this behavior. Beginning with this notification, your Abbott Representative will upgrade programmer software to this software version . Abbott's service representative will proved a attestation to acknowledge receipt of the notification and software update. Please share this notification with others in your organization, as appropriate.
- Quantity
- 11182 programs
- Distribution
- US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. OUS: Not provided yet
- Lot, serial or model codes
- Programmer Model 3650; Software Model 3330; GTIN 05414734509725; Software Versions 25.0.1 - 28.7.1 in the United States (varies based on region)
- 510(k) numbers
- not on file
- PMA numbers
- ["P150035"]
- Product code
- PNJ
- Firm FEI
- 2017865
- Firm city
- Sylmar
- Firm state
- CA
- 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