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Medical device recalls 2020

VNS Therapy¿ AspireSR¿ Generator — Class II medical device recall Z-0462-2021

Terminated recall by LivaNova USA Inc, reported 2020-11-25, distributed in AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, HI…. Due to an extra digit being inadvertently added to the serial number of a subset of implantable pulse generato

Recall numberZ-0462-2021
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass II
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmLivaNova USA Inc, Houston, TX, United States
Recall initiated2020-09-28
Classified2020-11-17
Reported by FDA2020-11-25
Terminated2022-11-02
DistributedAK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NV, OK, OR, PR, TX, UT, VA, WA
Countries outside the USAR, FI, PE
Quantity134 generators
Reason classessoftware
Serial numbers0105, 1267001, 1267003, 1267006, 1267007, 1267008, 1267009, 1267010, 1267011, 1267012, 1267013, 1267014, 1267015, 1267016, 1267017, 1267018, 1267019, 1267020, 1267021, 1267022, 1267023, 1267024, 1267025, 1267026, 1267027 and 110 more
Model numbers106

Product

VNS Therapy¿ AspireSR¿ Generator

Reason for recall

Due to an extra digit being inadvertently added to the serial number of a subset of implantable pulse generators, they become not compatible with therapy programmers with software version 11.0.4.

Machine access

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