Impella catheters - Intravascular micro axial blood pumps that support a patient’s circulatory system.
Medical device recall Z-1074-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 21, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 21, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 92515 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?
New warnings are being added to the Instructions for Use for all affected products to reduce the possibility of fibers being drawn into the Impella, which may result in low flow of the device.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Impella catheters - Intravascular micro axial blood pumps that support a patient’s circulatory system. (1) Product Code 005042 - Impella 2.5 (2) Product Code 005062 - Impella 5.0 (3) Product Code 005082- Impella LD (4) Product Code 004334 - Impella RP (5) Product Code 0046-0035 - Impella RP with SmartAssist (6) Product Code 1000323 - RP Flex with SmartAssist (7) Product Codes 0550-0008 and 1000100 - Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist (8) Product Code 0048-0032 - Impella CP (9) Product Codes 100080 and 0048-0045 - Impella CP with SmartAssist -- ***Added 2/20/24*** (10) 4413 and 004413 - Impella 2.5 Set (11) 5040 and 005040 - Impella 2.5 IMC Pump Set EU (12) 5060 and 005060 - Impella 5.0 IMC Pump Set EU (13) 5064 and 005064 - Impella 5.0 IMC Pump Set Canada (14) 1000115 - Impella CP Pump set, APAC (15) 1000211 - Impella 5.5 Smart Assist Set, JP (16) 1000302 - Impella CP with SmartAssist APAC (17) 1000361 - Impella 5.5 Set AU (18) 1000402 - Impella CP Smart Assist Set (19) 0046-0011 - Impella RP Pump Set, EU (20) 0046-0026 - Impella 5.0 Pump Set ROW (21) 0046-0037 - Impella 5.0 Pump Set APAC (22) 0046-0039 - Impella RP Set APAC (23) 004690-AU - Impella 5.0 Pump Set AU (24) 0048-0002 - Impella CP Pump Set, EU (25) 0048-0002-BR - Impella CP Pump Set BR (26) 0048-0004 - Impella CP Pump Set, Canada (27) 0048-0014 - Impella Smart Assist Set, EU (28) 0048-0024-JP - Impella CP Smart Assist Set, JP (29) 0048-0044 - Impella CP Smart Assist Set, Canada (30) 0048-0047- Impella CP Smart Assist Set APAC (31) 005048-JP - Impella 2.5 Pump Set, Japan (32) 005066-JP - Impella 5.0 Pump Set, Japan (33) 0550-0002 - Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist Set, EU (34) 0550-0004 - Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist Set, CA
92515, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
UDI-DI (1) 00813502011081 (2) 00813502011180 (3) 00813502011227 (4) 00813502011029 (5) 00813502011869 (6) 00813502012811 (7) 00813502011531 and 00813502012828 (8) 00813502011388 (9) 00813502012279 and 00813502011876 All products are…
Every code shown here, 721 characters
UDI-DI (1) 00813502011081 (2) 00813502011180 (3) 00813502011227 (4) 00813502011029 (5) 00813502011869 (6) 00813502012811 (7) 00813502011531 and 00813502012828 (8) 00813502011388 (9) 00813502012279 and 00813502011876 All products are affected by IFU Update ***Added 2/20/24*** (10) 813502010947 (11) 4260113630136 (12) 4260113630174 (13) 813502011197 (14) 813502010473 (15) 813502012453 (16) 813502012767 (17) 813502012927 (18) 813502012873 (19) 4260113630273 (20) 813502011821 (21) 813502011937 (22) 813502011951 (23) N/A (24) 4260113630242 (25) 813502011777 (26) 813502011265 (27) 4260113630280 (28) 813502011609 (29) 813502012200 (30) 813502011944 (31) 813502010046 (32) 813502010053 (33) 813502011630 (34) 813502010466
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 distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of AU, CA, DE, FR, IN, MX, TW, and VI.
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 Dec 27, 2023.
- FDA classified it on Feb 12, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 21, 2024.
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.”
- 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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