The FDA has issued a Class I recall of Edwards Lifesciences CardioVations EndoClamp aortic catheter, after reports that the device can rupture during cardiac procedures.
The device is a balloon catheter used during bypass operations to block and monitor pressure within the aorta and deliver a drug to stop the heart, "may spontaneously rupture during surgery," according to the FDA recall.
The recalled devices, model numbers EC1001 and EC65, were manufactured between August, 2008 and August, 2009 and distributed from November, 2008 through September, 2009.
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