Database updated: 27 October 2026
Safety Information
Medsafe Online Recall Database
Detail of Recall
| Type of Product: | Device |
| Medsafe Reference: | 20431 |
| Brand Name: | ABSORB Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) System |
| Model: | All models |
| Affected: | All lots |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Abbott Vascular Division of Abbott Laboratories (NZ) Ltd Ground Floor, Building D 4 Pacific Rise Mount Wellington Auckland 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 827 285 |
| Manufacturer: | Abbott Vascular (USA) |
| Brand Name: | Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold System |
| Model: | All models |
| Affected: | All lots |
| Software version: | |
| Recalling Organisation: | Abbott Vascular Division of Abbott Laboratories (NZ) Ltd Ground Floor, Building D 4 Pacific Rise Mount Wellington Auckland 1060 |
| Contact Information: | 0800 827 285 |
| Manufacturer: | Abbott Vascular (USA) |
| Issue: | This is an update to the recall for product correction that was initiated on December 7, 2015 for all sizes of Absorb. Changes have been made to the instructions for use to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the possibility of restenosis and thrombosis. |
| Recall action type: | Correction |
| Recall action: | Instructions for use to be updated |
| Level of recall: | Hospital/Pharmacy/Laboratory |
| Date Commenced: | 26/7/2016 |
