Affected devices may be contained in the following serial number ranges. Model 476: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 103316 thru 106064. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 102072 thru 108200. Model 976: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 202612 thru 205357. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 201909 thru 206416. Model 1176: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 303330 thru 306689. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 301600 thru 307991 and Model 1276: INITIAL RECALL serial numbers 404640 thru 409060. EXPANDED RECALL serial numbers 401743 thru 411144.
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.
Product Description
MERIDIAN (model nos. 476, 976, 1176 and 1276) pacemaker. Sterilized with gaseous ethylene oxide. Guidant Corporation , Cardiac Rhythm Management, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. MERIDIAN pacemakers are multiprogrammable pacemakers from Guidant. The family consists of both dual-chamber and single-chamber models, sine offering adaptive-rate therapy. MERIDIAN pacemakers use an accelerometer that allows the pacing rate to adapt to the patient's changing metabolic demand as it responds to patient activity.