Brand Name: SenTiva” Product Name: VNS Therapy” SenTiva”
Medical device recall Z-1067-2025. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 5, 2025.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 5, 2025. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 39 states named
- 8223 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 II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Their is a potential that implanted pulse generators may stop delivering therapy due to an internal component issue.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Brand Name: SenTiva” Product Name: VNS Therapy” SenTiva”, Model 1000 Model/Catalog Number: 1000 Software Version: NA Product Description: The LivaNova VNS Therapy” System, used for Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS), consists of an implantable VNS Therapy generator, lead, and external programming system used to change stimulation settings. The generator is an implantable, multi-programmable pulse generator that delivers electrical signals to the vagus nerve through the lead. The generator is housed in a hermetically sealed titanium case and is powered by a single battery. Electrical signals are transmitted from the generator to the vagus nerve by the lead. The lead and the generator make up the implantable portion of the VNS Therapy System. The VNS Therapy Programming System includes a computer pre-installed with VNS Therapy programming software and a programming wand. The physician uses the programming system to read and change generator settings. The Model 1000 Generator was commercially approved for distribution in the U.S. on October 3, 2017 via PMA P970003/S210. Component: The LivaNova VNS Therapy” System, used for Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS).
8223 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Code: Model No 1000 UDI-DI: 05425025750405 Lot Numbers/Serial Numbers: 21517 21518 215190 215200 215210 215220 21530 21531 21532 21533 21534 21535 21536 215380 215400 21541 21542 21543 21544 21545 21546 21547 21548 21550 21551 21553…
Every code shown here, 1,995 characters
Lot Code: Model No 1000 UDI-DI: 05425025750405 Lot Numbers/Serial Numbers: 21517 21518 215190 215200 215210 215220 21530 21531 21532 21533 21534 21535 21536 215380 215400 21541 21542 21543 21544 21545 21546 21547 21548 21550 21551 21553 21554 21555 21556 21558 21559 21560 21562 21563 215640 215670 215680 21569 21570 21571 21573 21575 215770 21580 215810 215820 21583 215840 21585 21586 21589 215900 21591 21593 215940 215950 21597 21598 215990 216000 216020 216030 216040 216050 21606 21608 21609 216110 21616 21617 216180 216200 21621 216220 216250 216270 216280 216290 216300 216310 21632 216330 216340 21635 21636 21637 21638 21639 21640 216410 21642 216430 216440 216450 216460 216470 21648 216500 21651 21653 21654 21655 21659 21660 216620 21663 21664 216650 216670 21669 21670 21672 21673 21676 21677 21678 216790 216800 21681 216830 21684 21685 21686 21687 21688 21689 21690 21691 21692 21693 21694 21695 21696 21697 21699 21700 21701 21702 21704 21705 21706 21708 21710 21711 21713 21714 21715 21718 21719 21720 21721 21722 21723 21724 21725 21726 21728 21729 21731 21733 217350 21736 217380 21749 21750 21752 21754 21757 21758 21760 21762 21763 21766 21768 21769 21771 21772 21774 21775 21776 21777 21778 21779 21782 21783 21784 21786 21787 21788 217890 21790 21791 21792 21794 21800 21801 21802 21803 21804 21825 21826 21827 21829 21830 21832 21833 21834 21835 21836 21837 21841 21844 218460 21849 21851 21852 21853 21854 21855 21856 21857 21860 21861 21862 21863 21864 21865 21866 21867 218700 21871 21872 21873 21875 21880 21881 21882 21883 218840 21887 21888 21889 21892 21894 21896 21898 21899 21900 21903 21905 21907 219080 21909 219100 21911 21912 21913 219140 21917 219180 219190 219250 21926 21927 21928 21929 21931 21932 21937 21940 21941 21943 21944 21946 21947 21949 219500 219510 219520 219540 21955 21956 21957 21958 219600 21961 21963 21964 21965 21966 21967 21968 21969 21970 21971 21973 21974 21975 219760 219770 21978 21979 21980 21981 21982 21983 21984 21986 21987…
FDA’s list runs to 114,308 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.
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR,PA, PN, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, UT and the countries of AE, AR, AT, BE, BG, BR, CA, CL, CO, CR, CZ, DE, DK, GR, HR, IL, IN,IT, JO, KW, LB, MK, NL, OM, PA, PE, PL, QA, RO, RS, SA, SE, SG, SI, TR, TT, UK, ZA, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom.
The states and territories these words name
39 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
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 Jan 3, 2025.
- FDA classified it on Jan 30, 2025.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 5, 2025.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- LivaNova USA, Inc., of Houston, TX.
- 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 114,308 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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