Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist Set, EU
Medical device recall Z-2961-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 11, 2024.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Sep 11, 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
- 1,889 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?
A potential device interaction between the Shockwave Coronary IVL Catheter and left-sided Impella Pumps during coronary interventions. Currently there is no Abiomed labeling (IFU etc.) content related to this potential interaction, so Abiomed will update the IFU to include information on this potential device interaction.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist Set, EU; Product Code: 0550-0002;
1,889 units, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Product Code: 0550-0002; UDI-DI: 00813502011630; Serial Numbers: 384019 384018 384017 384016 383757 383754 383756 383755 384616 384617 384613 384609 384594 384614 384615 384610 384611 384612 384709 384623 384622 384620 384619 384793 384792…
Every code shown here, 1,997 characters
Product Code: 0550-0002; UDI-DI: 00813502011630; Serial Numbers: 384019 384018 384017 384016 383757 383754 383756 383755 384616 384617 384613 384609 384594 384614 384615 384610 384611 384612 384709 384623 384622 384620 384619 384793 384792 384713 384712 384711 384790 384789 384888 384887 384886 384885 384791 384884 384813 384812 384810 384809 384838 384837 384836 384835 384871 384872 384834 384870 384869 397290 397289 393811 393812 393810 393809 397288 393808 397287 397286 395384 395383 394929 395382 395381 394926 394925 394928 394927 395380 398211 398210 398208 398566 398567 398207 400356 400355 400359 400358 400357 398569 400394 400392 400391 400390 403768 403662 403661 403659 403658 403483 403481 403482 403480 403771 403770 403264 397285 397282 397281 397284 397200 397199 397198 397197 397196 397130 397294 397295 397292 397293 397291 397499 397498 397496 397309 397310 397308 397307 397306 397500 397296 398570 397305 397304 397301 397303 397302 403265 403266 403769 404032 404031 404030 404028 403886 403885 403884 403880 403879 403878 403677 403676 403675 403674 403882 403111 403114 403113 403115 403201 403202 403204 403205 403222 403223 403807 403806 403803 403805 403540 403541 403565 403543 403568 403569 403804 404008 404009 404011 404010 404194 404195 404197 406441 406440 404012 404013 406439 406438 407859 407873 407872 407871 407858 407856 407870 407869 407868 407867 407866 407329 407328 407237 407086 407085 407084 407083 407082 407874 407236 407234 407232 407233 408571 408361 408362 408363 408364 408365 411257 411255 411254 408575 408574 408573 408572 411384 411382 411381 411390 411389 411388 411386 411385 411395 411394 411393 411392 411391 411444 411443 411442 411441 407327 411749 411748 411746 411747 411745 412014 412013 412012 412011 412010 407235 413093 413090 413089 413092 413091 412468 412469 412470 412471 412472 412361 412362 412363 412359 412360 412219 412220 412221 412222 412223 413641 413930 413644 413642 413931 413643 413640 413933 413932 413934…
FDA’s list runs to 34,271 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 distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Croatia, Czeck Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, U.A.E., United Kingdom.
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 Aug 5, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Sep 4, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Sep 11, 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.”
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 34,271 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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