Medtronic Inc. Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management: Medical Device Recall in 2015 - (Recall #: Z-0022-2016)
See the recall detail below. You can also see other recalls from the same firm in 2015.
Medtronic Medical Device Identification Card for SureScan pacemaker patients. The front of this card identifies the implanted pacing system components currently registered to the patient. The back of the card lists patient's following physician as well as specific messaging regarding the MR conditional status of the device components, where applicable. This card is provided to the patient by Medtronic after device registration.
Class II
Some Medical Device Identification Cards provided to SureScan pacemaker patients indicate they have a complete Magnetic Resonance (MR) Conditional system, when in fact, not all of their implanted leads have been FDA approved as MR Conditional.
no codes on the cards
US nationwide distribution.
Voluntary: Firm initiated