Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer — Class II medical device recall Z-1524-2020
Ongoing recall by Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF), reported 2020-03-25, distributed nationwide. Medtronic Conexus Telemetry has been determined to contain two primary cyber vulnerabilities: improper access
| Recall number | Z-1524-2020 |
|---|---|
| Product type | Medical device |
| Classification | Class II |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Voluntary or mandated | Voluntary |
| Recalling firm | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure (CRHF), Mounds View, MN, United States |
| Recall initiated | 2020-01-30 |
| Classified | 2020-03-19 |
| Reported by FDA | 2020-03-25 |
| Distributed | Nationwide (US) |
| Countries outside the US | AE, AF, AR, AT, AU, AW, BB, BD, BE, BG, BM, BO, BR, BS, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CW, CY, CZ, DE, DK, DO, DZ, EC, EG, ES, FI, FR, GB, GH, GR, GT, HK, HN, HR, HU, ID, IE, IL, IN, IQ, IR, IS, IT, JM, JO, JP, KE, KR, KW, KY, LB, LK, LT, LU, LV, MA, MT, MX, MY, NG, NI, NL, NO, NP, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PH, PK, PL, PT, PY, QA, RO, RS, SA, SE, SG, SI, SK, SV, TH, TN, TR, TT, TW, UA, UY, VE, VN, ZA |
| Quantity | 23,180 devices |
| UPC / GTIN / UDI-DI | 00613994127631, 00613994134806, 00613994136480, 00613994136497, 00613994136503, 00613994136510, 00613994136527, 00613994136534, 00613994136565, 00613994136596, 00613994136619, 00613994136626, 00613994175076, 00613994175083, 00613994175090, 00613994175106, 00613994175120, 00613994175137, 00613994175144, 00613994175151, 00613994175168, 00613994175175, 00613994175182, 00613994175199, 00613994175205 and 184 more |
| Lot numbers | 0061, 006139, 0061399, 006139941, 00613994581, 008, 037, 3994360922, 4360922, 75267, 85074313153, 94581587, K050607R, K101333R, KK004224R, PKK001032R, PKK001307R, PKK001316R, PKK001329R, PKK001342R, PKK001368R, PKK001384R, PKK001385R, PKK001389R, PKK001393R, PKK001412R, PKK001418R, PKK001430R, PKK001432R, PKK001449R, PKK001456R, PKK001466R, PKK001467R, PKK001471R, PKK001495R, PKK001535R, PKK001548R, PKK001565R, PKK001572R, PKK001583R and 460 more |
| Model numbers | 2090, 2090000004, 2090000005, 2090011, 2090012, 209031, 2090AA, 2090AA1, 2090AA2, 2090AA4, 2090AC, 2090AM, 2090CHDE, 2090CHEN, 2090CHFR, 2090CL, 2090EN, 2090FR, 2090LDEN, 2090NL, 2090W, 2090WCHDE, 2090WCHEN, 2090WCHFR, 2090WDE and 3 more |
Product
Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer. Used to interrogate and program Medtronic and Vitatron implantable devices, such as pacemaker/ICD/CRT.
Reason for recall
Medtronic Conexus Telemetry has been determined to contain two primary cyber vulnerabilities: improper access control and the cleartext transmission of sensitive information.
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-1524-2020. 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.