Automated Impella Controller (AIC), used for left heart support blood pump, labeled as the following with…
Medical device recall Z-0069-2026. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 15, 2025.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Oct 15, 2025. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 10,153 units how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities related to the operating system in the Automated Impella Controller (AIC).
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Automated Impella Controller (AIC), used for left heart support blood pump, labeled as the following with corresponding Product Codes: 1. Impella Controller, Packaged, AU; Product Code: 0042-0000-AU. 2. Impella Controller, Packaged, CA; Product Code: 0042-0000-CA. 3. Impella Controller, Packaged, EU; Product Code: 0042-0000-EU. 4. Impella Controller, Packaged, EU, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0000-EU-L. 5. Impella Controller, Packaged, IN; Product Code: 0042-0000-IN. 6. Impella Controller, Packaged, JP; Product Code: 0042-0000-JP. 7. Impella Controller, Japan, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0000-JP-L. 8. Impella Controller, Packaged, UK; Product Code: 0042-0000-UK. 9. Impella Controller, UK, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0000-UK-L. 10. Impella Controller, Packaged, US; Product Code: 0042-0000-US. 11. Impella Controller, Packaged, US, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0000-US-L. 12. Impella Optical Controller, Packaged, AU; Product Code: 0042-0010-AU. 13. Impella Optical Controller, Packaged, EU; Product Code: 0042-0010-EU. 14. Impella Optical Controller, EU, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0010-EU-L. 15. Impella Optical Controller, Packaged, IN; Product Code: 0042-0010-IN. 16. Impella Optical Controller, Packaged, UK; Product Code: 0042-0010-UK. 17. Impella Optical Controller, UK, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0010-UK-L. 18. Impella Optical Controller, Packaged, US; Product Code: 0042-0010-US. 19. Impella Optical Controller, US, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0010-US-L. 20. Optical, AIC, Impella Connect, Pkgd, AU; Product Code: 0042-0040-AU. 21. Optical AIC w/Impella Connect,Pack’d, CA; Product Code: 0042-0040-CA. 22. AIC w/Remote Link, Pkgd, Cln Trl, US; Product Code: 0042-0040-CT. 23. AIC w/Remote Link, Pkgd, Cln Trl, US; Product Code: 0042-0040-CT-L. 24. Optical AIC w/Impella Connect,Pack’d, EU; Product Code: 0042-0040-EU. 25. Optical AIC w/Impella Connect,EU,Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0040-EU-L. 26. Optical AIC w/Impella Connect, Pkgd, JP; Product Code: 0042-0040-JP. 27. Optical AIC w/Impella Connect, Pkgd, JP; Product Code: 0042-0040-JP-L. 28. Optical, AIC, Impella Connect, Pkgd, UK; Product Code: 0042-0040-UK. 29. Optical, AIC, Impella Connect, Pkgd, US; Product Code: 0042-0040-US. 30. Optical AIC Impella Connect, US, Loaner; Product Code: 0042-0040-US-L. 31. Dbl optical, AIC Impella Connect, Phg US; Product Code: 1000201. 32. AIC w/Impella Connect for ECP; Product Code: 1000432.
10,153 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
1. Product Code: 0042-0000-AU; GTIN: 813502010886; All Serial Numbers. 2. Product Code: 0042-0000-CA; GTIN: 813502011272; All Serial Numbers. 3. Product Code: 0042-0000-EU; GTIN: 813502011289; All Serial Numbers. 4. Product Code:…
Every code shown here, 1,993 characters
1. Product Code: 0042-0000-AU; GTIN: 813502010886; All Serial Numbers. 2. Product Code: 0042-0000-CA; GTIN: 813502011272; All Serial Numbers. 3. Product Code: 0042-0000-EU; GTIN: 813502011289; All Serial Numbers. 4. Product Code: 0042-0000-EU-L; GTIN: 813502011289; All Serial Numbers. 5. Product Code: 0042-0000-IN; GTIN: 813502011418; All Serial Numbers. 6. Product Code: 0042-0000-JP; GTIN: 813502010428; All Serial Numbers. 7. Product Code: 0042-0000-JP-L; GTIN: 813502010428; All Serial Numbers. 8. Product Code: 0042-0000-UK; GTIN: 813502011296; All Serial Numbers. 9. Product Code: 0042-0000-UK-L; GTIN: 813502011296; All Serial Numbers. 10. Product Code: 0042-0000-US; GTIN: 813502010022; All Serial Numbers. 11. Product Code: 0042-0000-US-L; GTIN: 813502010022; All Serial Numbers. 12. Product Code: 0042-0010-AU; GTIN: 813502010930; All Serial Numbers. 13. Product Code: 0042-0010-EU; GTIN: 813502010961; All Serial Numbers. 14. Product Code: 0042-0010-EU-L; GTIN: 813502010961; All Serial Numbers. 15. Product Code: 0042-0010-IN; GTIN: 813502011425; All Serial Numbers. 16. Product Code: 0042-0010-UK; GTIN: 813502010978; All Serial Numbers. 17. Product Code: 0042-0010-UK-L; GTIN: 813502010978; All Serial Numbers. 18. Product Code: 0042-0010-US; GTIN: 813502010985; All Serial Numbers. 19. Product Code: 0042-0010-US-L; GTIN: 813502010985; All Serial Numbers. 20. Product Code: 0042-0040-AU; GTIN: 813502012972; All Serial Numbers. 21. Product Code: 0042-0040-CA; GTIN: 813502012958; All Serial Numbers. 22. Product Code: 0042-0040-CT; GTIN: 813502011722; All Serial Numbers. 23. Product Code: 0042-0040-CT-L; GTIN: 813502011722; All Serial Numbers. 24. Product Code: 0042-0040-EU; GTIN: 813502012217; All Serial Numbers. 25. Product Code: 0042-0040-EU-L; GTIN: 813502012217; All Serial Numbers. 26. Product Code: 0042-0040-JP; GTIN: 813502011814; All Serial Numbers. 27. Product Code: 0042-0040-JP-L; GTIN: 813502011814; All Serial Numbers. 28. Product Code: 0042-0040-UK; GTIN:…
FDA’s list runs to 2,306 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Nationwide distribution. International distribution to United Arab Emirates, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, India, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Panama, Pakistan, Poland, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Thailand, Taiwan.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 1, 2025.
- FDA classified it on Oct 9, 2025.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Oct 15, 2025.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Abiomed, Inc., of Danvers, MA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 2,306 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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