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Class 1 Device Recall DISCOVERY pacemaker

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  Class 1 Device Recall DISCOVERY pacemaker see related information
Date Initiated by Firm July 18, 2005
Date Posted July 28, 2005
Recall Status1 Terminated 3 on January 05, 2007
Recall Number Z-1032-05
Recall Event ID 32681
PMA Number P940031 
Product Classification Implantable Pulse Generator, Pacemaker (Non-Crt) - Product Code LWP
Product DISCOVERY (model nos. 1174, 1175, 1273, 1274 and 1275) pacemaker. Sterilized with gaseous ethylene oxide. Guidant Corporation , Cardiac Rhythm Management, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. DISCOVERY pacemakers are multiprogrammable pacemakers from Guidant. The family consists of both dual-chamber and single-chamber models, offering adaptive-rate therapy. DISCOVERY pacemakers use an accelerometer that allows the pacing rate to adapt to the patient's changing metabolic demand as it responds to patient activity.
Code Information Affected devices may be contained in the following serial number ranges.  Model 1174: INITIAL RECALL Serial numbers 109017 thru 115660. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers104205 thru 117464. Model 1175: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 200731 thru 202199. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 200251 thru 202787 Model 1273: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 315516 thru 324528. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 306216 thru 601338. Model 1274: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 296080 thru 496546. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 404822 thru 498144. Model 1275: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 500705 thru 501661. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 500211 thru 502015.
Recalling Firm/
Manufacturer		 Guidant Corporation
4100 Hamline Ave N
Saint Paul MN 55112-5700
Manufacturer Reason
for Recall		 A hermetic sealing component utilized in the device may experience a gradual degradation, resulting in a higher than normal moisture content within the pacemeaker case late in the device's service life.
FDA Determined
Cause 2		 Other
Action INITIAL RECALL Urgent medical Device Safety Information & Corrective Action letter dated 07/18/05 was issued to physicians listing clinical Implications and patient management recommendations. EXPANDED RECALL Press was issued January 23, 2006. Urgent Medical Device Safety Information & Corrective Action letter, dated 01/21/06, was issued to physicians listing a summary of previous communication to physicians, advisory population update, and information relative to a second population of devices manufactured between October 19, 1998 and December 5, 2000. This letter gives the observed rate of occurrence, clinical implications, projected rate of occurrence and recommendations.
Quantity in Commerce INITIAL RECALL 14,265. EXPANDED RECALL 12,876
Distribution worldwide. Including the United States and countries such as: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Polynesia, Portugal, Reunion, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore,Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan ROC, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Venezuela. EXPANDED RECALL additional countries include: China, Croatia, Korea. Lithuania, Madagascar, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Nepal and Thailand.
Total Product Life Cycle TPLC Device Report
1 A record in this database is created when a firm initiates a correction or removal action. The record is updated if the FDA identifies a violation and classifies the action as a recall, and it is updated for a final time when the recall is terminated. Learn more about medical device recalls.
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.
PMA Database PMAs with Product Code = LWP and Original Applicant = BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
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