Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 17208 |
| Brand Name: | Heartware HVAD Pump battery |
| Model: | Product Code: 1650 |
| Affected: | BAT000001 to BAT039999; BAT090000 to BAT099999 |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora 9 Ruskin Street Parnell Auckland 1052 |
| Contact Information: | |
| Manufacturer: | HeartWare International Inc |
| Issue: | Batteries produced in these specified ranges are more likely to exhibit premature or unrecognized deterioration of battery capacity, which poses a risk to the patient since it may result in a pump stop. |
| Recall action type: | Recall |
| Recall action: | Product to be exchanged |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 19/8/2014 |
