Medtronic Duet External Drainage and Monitoring System, Interlink Injection Sites, Ventricular Catheter
Medical device recall Z-1164-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 6, 2024.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 6, 2024. 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, and 50 states named
- 14,139 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 for catheter disconnection from the patient line stopcock connectors.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Medtronic Duet External Drainage and Monitoring System, Interlink Injection Sites, Ventricular Catheter, REF 46915, Sterile EO, Rx Only. Used to drain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a means to reduce intracranial pressure and CSF volume.
14,139 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot Number/GTIN: 221604935 00613994445384; 221827829 00613994445384; 222121359 00613994445384; 222125124 00613994445384; 222163140 00613994445384 222163787 00613994445384; 222163788 00613994445384; 222204095 00613994445384; 222204097…
Every code shown here, 1,702 characters
Lot Number/GTIN: 221604935 00613994445384; 221827829 00613994445384; 222121359 00613994445384; 222125124 00613994445384; 222163140 00613994445384 222163787 00613994445384; 222163788 00613994445384; 222204095 00613994445384; 222204097 00613994445384; 222439027 00613994445384; 222439028 00613994445384; 222439029 00613994445384 222658560 00613994445384; 222658561 00613994445384; 222724791 00613994445384; 222724792 00613994445384; 222766469 00613994445384; 222766470 00613994445384; 222816525 00613994445384; 222817386 00613994445384; 222817387 00613994445384 223818451 00763000624781; 223818452 00763000624781; 223954944 00763000624781; 223956932 00763000624781; 224083877 00613994445384; 224303373 00613994445384; 224303374 00613994445384; 225336444 00613994445384; 225468102 00613994445384; 226242272 00763000624781; 226366038 00613994445384; 226420633 00613994445384; 226420634 00763000624781; 226490981 00613994445384; 226517901 00613994445384; 226546796 00763000624781; 226571114 00763000624781; 226625848 00763000624781; 226632942 00763000624781; 226634688 00763000624781; 226634689 00763000624781; 226634690 00763000624781; 226665393 00763000624781; 226665394 00613994445384; 226665399 00763000624781; 226665400 00763000624781; 226665401 00763000624781; 226665403 00763000624781; 226665404 00763000624781; 226665405 00763000624781; 226665646 00763000624781; 226665647 00763000624781; 226665648 00763000624781; 226665650 00763000624781; 226732001 00763000624781; 226899377 00613994445384; 226951465 00613994445384; 226951467 00613994445384; 226951468 00613994445384; 226951469 00763000396008; 227136777 00763000624781; 227188108 00763000624781; 227194735 00763000624781; 227194736 00763000624781
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): AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV; and OUS (foreign): Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Iran, Islamic Republic Of Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Viet Nam.
The states and territories these words name
50 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- 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 22, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Feb 27, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 6, 2024.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Medtronic Neurosurgery, of Irvine, CA.
- 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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