Medtronic Pulls the Plug on the HVAD System | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2021年6月3日—InearlyMarch,MD+DIreportedthatMedtronichadrecalledthepumpimplantkitfortheHVADbecausethedevicemayfailtoinitiallystart, ...

Medtronic is stopping the sale and distribution of its embattled HVAD system. The Dublin-based company said it initiated this action in light of a growing body of observational clinical comparisons indicating a higher frequency of neurological adverse events, including stroke, and mortality with the HVAD System as compared to other circulatory support devices available to patients.

The Dublin-based company notified physicians to cease new implants of the HVAD System, which brought in $141 million in fiscal year 2021, and transition to an alternative means of durable mechanical circulatory support.

Medtronic also announced that it is developin...