LATITUDE Patient Management System Communicator, Model 6482. The LATITUDE Patient Management system is intended for use to remotely communicate with a compatible Boston Scientific pulse generator and transfer data to a central database.
FDA Recall Z-3183-2011 · Posted 2011-09-09
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Recalling FirmBoston Scientific CRM Corp
Recall StatusTerminated
Product CodeLWS
Date Initiated2011-05-25
Date Terminated2012-12-04
Product Quantity2
Reason for Recall
Boston Scientific has identified two occurrences where the LATITUDE system did not process a data payload, which is the information uploaded to the LATITUDE system from a remote interrogation of the implanted device. These occurrences resulted in non-displayed payloads because the data is not posted to the website. If the payload is not displayed, the pertinent data will not be available on the
Firm Action
Boston Scientific notified all affected customers by telephone on May 25, 2011. The customers were informed that there was an interrogation for one of their patients that was not able to be displayed on the website. Boston Scientific detected that a payload failure had occurred, but could not conclude what information was contained within the payload. Each patient has had previous and subsequent payloads that have processed and displayed on the LATITUDE website.
Root Cause
Device Design
Distribution Pattern
Nationwide Distribution-in the states of Florida and Texas.
Official Source
View FDA Recall →Source: FDA Enforcement Report / Recall database. Always confirm against the official FDA record.
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