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Heart device maker recalls implant

US Recall News     updated  2008/10/28 10:03


A medical device company has ordered the recall of certain batches of a small mechanical heart pump, saying five people have died while using the device.

Thoratec Corp. urged patients to have their implants checked after confirming 27 reports of cases in which wear and fatigue to an electrical wire required the devices to be replaced, the company said in a statement Friday.

The reports occurred over five years of clinical experience with 1,972 implants, the company said. In five cases, the device could not be replaced and the patients died.

The recall affects devices with catalog numbers 1355 and 102139, which have been distributed to 153 hospitals and distributors throughout the United States and other countries since the beginning of clinical studies in November 2003.


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