Class 2 Device Recall VENTAK, PRIZM 2 DR ICD

• Date Initiated by Firm: June 16, 2005
• Date Posted: August 03, 2005
• Recall Status: Terminated on November 17, 2005
• Recall Number: Z-1064-05
• Recall Event ID: 32495
• PMA Number: P960040S015
• Product Classification: Programmer, Pacemaker - Product Code KRG
• Product: PRIZM 2 DR, model 1861 Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Contents have been Sterilized with gaseous ethylene oxide. Guidant Corporation Cardiac Rhythm Management, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798, USA.
• Code Information: 263958, 264039, 264055, 264058, 264059, 264060, 264064, 264066, 264069, 264070, 264112, 264117 and 264119
• Recalling Firm/ Manufacturer: Guidant Corporation; 4100 Hamline Ave N; Saint Paul MN 55112-5700
• Manufacturer Reason for Recall: Devices were manufactured with PEEK insulation material on the feedthrough wires and distributed prior to PMAS approval.
• FDA Determined Cause: Other
• Action: Sales Representatives notified 06/16/05 to return devices in their area.
• Quantity in Commerce: 13
• Distribution: CA, IL, MI, MO, OR and PA
• Total Product Life Cycle: TPLC Device Report

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² Per FDA policy, recall cause determinations are subject to modification up to the point of termination of the recall.
³ For details about termination of a recall see Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 §7.55.