The coiled cable connecting the display and base on some units may fail, causing an unexpected shutdown, without warnings or alarms to alert the user, the FDA says.
Datascope, a subsidiary of Getinge, is recalling Cardiosave Hybrid IABPs and Rescue IABPs because the coiled cable connecting the display and base on some units may fail, causing an unexpected shutdown
The FDA announced it has designated a recall of intra-aortic balloon pumps by Datascope/Getinge as class I, the most serious kind.The recall occurred because the coiled cable connecting the display and the base might fail in some units of the intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs; Cardiosave Hybrid and Cardiosave Rescue), causing the unit to shut down without warning, according to an alert issued by