Events

Recall of St Jude Medical Merlin @ Home

According to New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, this recall involved a device in New Zealand that was produced by St Jude Medical (USA).

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    17899
  • Event Initiated Date
    2014-12-24
  • Event Country
    New Zealand
  • Event Source
    NZMMDSA
  • Event Source URL
    https://medsafe.govt.nz/hot/Recalls/RecallSearch.asp
  • Notes / Alerts
    Data from New Zealand is current through July 2018. All of the data comes from the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and New Zealand.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Recalling Organisation: Abbott Medical New Zealand Limited, C/- Healthcare Logistics, 54 Carbine Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland 1641
  • Reason
    Low incidence of back up operation in some implanted st. jude medical devices with radio frequency (rf) capability. this may occur as a result of a merlin@home transmitter initiating an implanted device software reset., this issue can only occur when the patient is being actively monitored by a merlin@home rf bedside transmitter.
  • Action
    Software to be upgraded

Device

St Jude Medical Merlin @ Home

Manufacturer

St Jude Medical (USA)
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Abbott Laboratories
  • Manufacturer comment
    “We are in constant communication with regulatory agencies and competent authorities worldwide which allows us to implement global recalls or in-country communication quickly and effectively,” Abbott, which now owns St. Jude Medical told ICIJ in a statement. In addition to sending global notices to physicians worldwide, we also make sure that product advisories are available online and classification of product recalls and product advisories are determined by global regulatory bodies which can impact the timing in any given country. MD companies follow varying regulations in different countries. In come countries software is not regulated so a recall in one country related to software would not be classified as a recall or field action in another. In addition, review cycles within the regulatory process can be different in each country which can impact communication and recall timing.
  • Source
    NZMMDSA