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Medical device recalls 2020

HeartWare HVAD System Battery Charger AC Adapter The HeartWare HVAD… — Class I medical device recall Z-1428-2020

Ongoing recall by Heartware, Inc., reported 2020-03-18. Potential for an HVAD System user to mistakenly insert the Battery Charger AC Adapter into an HVAD Controller

Recall numberZ-1428-2020
Product typeMedical device
ClassificationClass I
StatusOngoing
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmHeartware, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL, United States
Recall initiated2020-01-23
Classified2020-03-09
Reported by FDA2020-03-18
Countries outside the USAE, AT, AU, BE, BR, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EG, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HK, HR, IL, IN, IT, JP, KR, KW, LB, LT, LU, LV, MY, NL, NO, NZ, PL, RO, RS, SA, SE, SG, SK, TR, TW, VN, ZA
Quantity5,489 devices
UPC / GTIN / UDI-DI00888707000543, 00888707001267, 00888707001274, 00888707001281, 00888707001298, 00888707001304, 00888707001311, 00888707001328, 00888707001335, 00888707001342, 00888707001359, 00888707001571, 00888707002288, 00888707002301, 00888707002318, 00888707002325, 00888707002332, 00888707002349, 00888707002356, 00888707002363, 00888707002370, 00888707003018, 00888707003025, 00888707003032, 00888707003049 and 8 more
Model numbers1640

Product

HeartWare HVAD System Battery Charger AC Adapter The HeartWare HVAD System is indicated for hemodynamic support in patients with advanced, refractory left ventricular heart failure; either as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation (BTT), myocardial recovery, or as Destination Therapy (DT) in patients for whom subsequent transplantation is not planned.

Reason for recall

Potential for an HVAD System user to mistakenly insert the Battery Charger AC Adapter into an HVAD Controller power port.

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-1428-2020. 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.