Thoratec LLC medical device recall: HeartMate Mobile Power Unit: REF: 107754
Key facts
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Program
- Medical devices
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Ongoing
- Event ID
- 96471
- Recall initiated
- Mar 13, 2025
- Classified by FDA
- Apr 17, 2025
- Posted in Enforcement Report
- Apr 23, 2025
- Recalling firm
- Thoratec LLC
- Firm location
- Pleasanton, CA, United States
- Initiated by
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Firm notified customers by
- Letter
- Products in this event
- 1
What to do
Compare the product, lot or serial numbers below with what you have. If you use a prescription drug or medical device in this recall, talk to your pharmacist or health care provider before you stop using it, and follow the firm's instructions.
Reason for recall
Left Ventricular Assist System Mobile Power Unit (MPU) may have electrical component that may cause MPU not to turn on, unprompted shut down, or turning off/restarting, may cause system controller to indicate Yellow Wrench or No External Power alarms. If MPU losses power, System Controller can support the pump up to 15 minutes, and if not switched to rechargeable batteries, pump may lose power.
What the classification means
- Class I: FDA's most serious category: there is a reasonable probability that using or being exposed to the product will cause serious health problems or death.
About this recall
The firm started this recall on Mar 13, 2025. FDA classified it 35 days later, on Apr 17, 2025. Distribution reported by FDA: Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution in the states of WA, NE, VA, PA, DC, KY, CA, IL, WI, TX, MA, AR, MS, MI, OH, FL, NC, TN, LA, NJ, UT, NY, DE, CT, GA, IN, AZ, OK, MO, OR, MN, SC, NM, MD, IA, KS, AL, CO, ME and the countries of ALGERIA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CHILE, CZECH REPUBLIC, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, HONG KONG, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, KUWAIT, LEBANON, LITHUANIA,… Thoratec LLC has 17 recalls in our records.
Recalled products (1)
Z-1570-2025 Class I Ongoing
HeartMate Mobile Power Unit: REF: 107754, NA; 107758, EU; 107758AU, AU; 107758UK, UK; L107758, EU Rental. Used with HeartMate 3 and II Left Ventricular Assist System.
Codes / lots: UDI-DI: 05415067038234. MPUs distributed between April 2024 and February 2025. Serial Numbers: 20226263, 20226264, 20226265, 20226266, 20226267, 20226268, 20226269, 20226270, 20226271, 20226272, 20226273, 20226274, 20226275, 20226276, 20226277, 20226278, 20226279, 20226280, 20226281, 20226282, 20226283, 20226284, 20226285, 20226286, 20226287, 20226288, 20226289, 20226290, 20226291, 20226292, 20240622, 20240623, 20240624, 20240625, 20240626, 20240627, 20240628, 20240629, 20240630, 20240631, 20240632, 20240633, 20240634, 20240635, 20240636, 20240637, 20240638, 20240639, 20240640, 20240641, 20240642, 20240643, 20240644, 20240645, 20240646, 20240647, 20240648, 20240649, 20240650, 20240651, 20240652, 20240653, 20240654, 20240655, 20240656, 20240657, 20240658, 20240659, 20240660, 20240661, 20240662, 20240663, 20240664, 20240665, 20240666, 20240667, 20240668, 20240669, 20240670, 20240671,…
Quantity: 1661
Source and freshness
- Source
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report, via the openFDA device enforcement dataset
- Official notice
- FDA Enforcement Report, event 96471
- Raw record
- openFDA API (JSON)
- Dataset last updated by FDA
- Nov 3, 2026
- Imported by RecallRadar
- Nov 4, 2026
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