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Cardiosave system - hybrid & rescue intra-aortic balloon pump

Official notice

16 Mar 2023

Last checked

16 Mar 2023

Critical riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Cardiosave system - hybrid & rescue intra-aortic balloon pump. While conducting safety disk testing, expired tubing was used on the test fixture equipment between April 01, 2022 and July 31, 2022. When using the obsoleted, and expired catheter extender tube, 0004-00-0033-01 during the static inflate/deflate test method can potentially lead to non-conforming bolted safety disks to pass the displacement test. This potential failure may lead to reduced IAB inflation during therapy. Recall start date: March 6, 2023 Published 2023-03-16.

What to do now

Contact the manufacturer if you require additional information.

Recall number

73334

Official notice

2023-03-16

The hazard

While conducting safety disk testing, expired tubing was used on the test fixture equipment between April 01, 2022 and July 31, 2022. When using the obsoleted, and expired catheter extender tube, 0004-00-0033-01 during the static inflate/deflate test method can potentially lead to non-conforming bolted safety disks to pass the displacement test. This potential failure may lead to reduced IAB inflation during therapy. Recall start date: March 6, 2023

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Recall Numbers

73334

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Affected products

Product 1

Affected products - Cardiosave System - Hybrid & Rescue Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, Lot or serial number - More than 10 numbers, contact manufacturer., Model or catalog number - 0998-00-0800-XX

Risk / hazard

While conducting safety disk testing, expired tubing was used on the test fixture equipment between April 01, 2022 and July 31, 2022. When using the obsoleted, and expired catheter extender tube, 0004-00-0033-01 during the static inflate/deflate test method can potentially lead to non-conforming bolted safety disks to pass the displacement test. This potential failure may lead to reduced IAB inflation during therapy. Recall start date: March 6, 2023

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Brand: Datascope, Cardiosave System - Hybrid Rescue Intra-aortic Balloon Pump.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

HEALTH

Classification

Type II

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

73334

Classification

Type II

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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