Medtronic TRILLIUM AFFINITY NT, Cardiotomy/Venous Reservoir (CVR) with Filter,with Trillium Biosurface, 540T The AFFINITY NT Cardiotomy/Venous Reservoir (CVR) with Filter is a single used device designed to collect and store blood during extracorporeal circulation. Venous blood is collected and de foamed while cardiotomy blood is collected, de foamed and filtered before mixing with the venous blood. The AFFINITY NT Cardiotomy/Venous Reservoir (CVR) with filter is intended to be used in an extracorporeal perfusion circuit to collect venous and cardiotomy suctioned blood during routine cardiopulmonary procedures for up to 6 hours in duration.

Possible sterile barrier breach in the pouch of Affinity NT Cardiotomy Venous Reservoir stand alone uncoated and Affinity NT Cardiotomy Venous Reservoir stand alone Trillium coated products.

Medtronic sent an Urgent Medical Device Recall Letter dated January 16, 2018. Customer Actions: Please review your inventory for product affected by this issue. 1.) Immediately identify and quarantine all unused, non-expired, affected product in your inventory. 2.) Return all unused, affected product in your inventory to Medtronic by contacting Customer Service at 1-800-854-3570 Option 4, or accessing My Orders and referencing this communication to initiate a return and credit of unused product. Your Medtronic sales representative can assist you in the return of affected product as necessary. 3.) Complete the enclosed Customer Confirmation Certificate and scan and email to [email protected]. This notice needs to be passed on to all those who need to be aware within your organization or to any organization where the potentially affected products have been transferred. For further questions, please call (763) 526-2494.