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Medical device recalls 2021

Medtronic CareLink SmartSync Device Manager application software — Class II medical device recall Z-0282-2022

Ongoing recall by Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF), reported 2021-12-01, distributed nationwide. The processing of collected episode data may fail due to a software error.

Recall numberZ-0282-2022
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass II
StatusOngoing
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmMedtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF), Mounds View, MN, United States
Recall initiated2021-10-12
Classified2021-11-24
Reported by FDA2021-12-01
DistributedNationwide (US)
Countries outside the USAE, AT, AU, BE, CA, CH, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HU, IE, IL, IN, IS, IT, JP, KW, LU, NL, NO, NZ, PL, PT, RO, SA, SE, SG, SK
Quantity18,715 devices
Reason classesdevice malfunction, software

Product

Medtronic CareLink SmartSync Device Manager application software (D00U005) used by the following Medtronic Cobalt and Crome implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds): Cobalt XT VR: DVPA2D1, DVPA2D4; Cobalt VR: DVPB3D1, DVPB3D4; Cobalt XT DR: DDPA2D1, DPA2D4; Cobalt DR: DDPB3D1, DDPB3D4; Cobalt XT HF: DTPA2D4, DTPA2D1; Cobalt XT HF; Quad: DTPA2QQ, DTPA2Q1; Cobalt HF: DTPB2D4, DTPB2D1; Cobalt HF Quad: DTPB2QQ, DTPB2Q1. Crome VR: DVPC3D1, DVPC3D4; Crome DR: DDPC3D1, DDPC3D4; Crome HF: DTPC2D4, DTPC2D1; Crome HF Quad: DTPC2QQ, DTPC2Q1.

Reason for recall

The processing of collected episode data may fail due to a software error.

Machine access

This record, with every extracted code, the verbatim FDA record and provenance, is available from the recall API: GET https://api.data.aroqon.com/v1/recalls/Z-0282-2022. Look up any UPC, UDI, NDC or lot with /v1/recalls/lookup?code=…. API docs · free and paid keys.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report via openFDA (CC0). Structured by Data Foundry (recall-structuring@2); last changed 2026-09-26. Not affiliated with or endorsed by FDA. Not medical or legal advice.