HeartWare VAD Battery Alert Tagged As Class I Recall
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
An FDA recall notice states that HeartWare, which is being acquired by Medtronic, has recalled almost 19,000 ventricular-assist device batteries due to a risk of losing charge prematurely.
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