CARDIOSAVE RESCUE INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP (IABP). Electromechanical system used to inflate and deflate intra-aortic balloons.

Firm has developed a software correction (Revision D.01) for outside the US to mitigate product problems that pose a risk of hemodynamic instability and failure of transmission of clinical data in Cardiosave Hybrid and Cardiosave Rescue Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump devices.

Consignees were mailed an URGENT FIELD SAFETY NOTICE dated 8/5/2024. This notification informs consignees of the deployment of previously installed software to mitigate previously identified issues in Cardiosave Hybrid and/or Cardiosave Rescue Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump devices. Consignees are asked to examine their inventory immediately to identify if they have any Cardiosave Hybrid and/or Rescue IABP devices, and to identify what software version is currently installed in devices. Devices with software revision D.00 or D.01 have been corrected. If consignee units have a software version lower than D.00 or D.01 (e.g.: B.XX or C.XX) the device still requires the software update and has not yet been corrected. If consignee units do not have the corrected software revision installed, they are to continue