Potential Pump Malfunction Results In Class I Recall For LifeSPARC Circulatory System
Executive Summary
The US FDA has labelled a recall of several hundred components of the LifeSPARC circulatory support system from LivaNova as class I, the agency’s most serious recall designation.
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