Recall Record

Minneapolis, MN, United States

Medtronic Neuromodulation recalls

46 recalls recorded since 2018, most recently on 13 May 2026. 39 are listed as ongoing. Status and classification are as published by the FDA.

Recalls46
Ongoing (FDA)39
Terminated or completed7
Class I (FDA)1

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
13 May 2026
Reason
A limited number of Pocket Adaptor Kits, Model 64001 and 64002, are labeled with incorrect Use-By-Dates.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and The countries of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2240-2026, Z-2241-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
8 April 2026
Reason
Software issue: When programming the SynchroMed Pump with the A810 CP App in Flex Infusion Mode, the infusion steps should automatically be arranged in consecutive order, from earliest to latest. However, in rare cases, the steps may be displayed out of order. If this occurs, the programmed Flex Infusion schedule will not be delivered at the intended time, if at all.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2201-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
3 December 2025
Reason
Complaints received that Vanta A71200 CP App does not function as intended during use. There is a potential for prolonged or postponed surgical procedure.
Distribution
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1043-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
20 November 2025
Reason
Software issue where a Device Reset message displayed on the app was unable to be cleared. In rare cases, this resulted in an inability to resume therapy, and the patient experienced a recurrence of underlying pain symptoms. Resolution would require surgical replacement of the INS.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France, French Pol
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0996-2026

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
3 April 2025
Reason
Evaluation handsets may not be able to communicate with the neurostimulator due to handsets having a faster processing speed than prior handsets. An inability to connect may cause the therapy to stop being delivered and a system error will be displayed. Patient may experience return of underlying disease symptoms (e.g. overactive bladder, urinary retention, or fecal incontinence) based on their response to stimulation during the evaluation period.
Distribution
US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, WA, WI.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1704-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
4 March 2025
Reason
There is a software issue that can permanently disable communication with an implantable neurostimulator (INS) when a specific intraoperative programming sequence is used.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution: US (Nationwide) and OUS (Global) to countries of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland,
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1543-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
9 January 2025
Reason
Product complaints were received describing the A820 myPTM app taking longer than expected for patients to interact with their implantable pump.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1506-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
21 November 2024
Reason
Software issues were identified in application version 2.x.
Distribution
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0773-2025, Z-0772-2025, Z-0771-2025, Z-0774-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
24 September 2024
Reason
A limited number of Percept RC Implantable Neurostimulators (INS), Model B35300 will not be able to communicate with the A610 DBS Clinician Programmer Application upon use and an "Invalid Device" message will appear.
Distribution
International distribution to the countries of Germany, UK, and Israel.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0206-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
18 September 2024
Reason
The Wireless Rechargers in the kits may be unable to enter a recharging session upon first use.
Distribution
Worldwide - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, ID, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TX, VA, and WA. The countries of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0372-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
11 September 2024
Reason
Potential for error and inability to interrogate pump due to data corruption in the pump memory.
Distribution
US Nationwide distribution in the state of Mississippi.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0137-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
21 August 2024
Reason
Model 977006 Vanta INS batterty life has depleted faster than HCPs or patients expected leading to outpatient reprogramming or earlier than anticipated surgical replacements.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0132-2025

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
17 June 2024
Reason
A subset of the handsets within the kit may not be able to complete the pairing process with the communicator upon initial setup.
Distribution
US Nationwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-3073-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
15 May 2024
Reason
Patients implanted with a pocket adaptor (Model 64001 and/or 64002) are limited to HEAD ONLY MRI eligibility.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Is
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2427-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
10 May 2024
Reason
Design update to the Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter Models 8780, 8781, and 8784. The intent of the design update is to reduce the potential for tissue growth into the Ascenda catheter connector which may potentially lead to catheter occlusion.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution: US (nationwide) and OUS (foreign) countries of: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Guadeloupe, Germany, Greece,
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2352-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
28 March 2024
Reason
inability to reprogram one device
Distribution
International distribution in the country of UK.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1691-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
19 December 2023
Reason
Medtronic has discovered an instance in which the Intellis A710 Clinician Programmer Application (CP App) could no longer establish a session with the Implantable Neurostimulator (INS) which resulted in the inability for the clinician to adjust stimulation parameters. In the event of this issue, the patient may receive inadequate or excessive therapy and experience non-optimal pain relief.
Distribution
Germany
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0780-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
13 November 2023
Reason
Medtronic recently identified that if the SynchroMed II pump switches into telemetry mode due to electromagnetic interference (EMI) from an MRI scan, while the pump is sounding an alarm, the pump will not resume drug delivery after leaving the MRI magnetic field, which is inconsistent with the current labeling.
Distribution
Worldwide
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0614-2024, Z-0615-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
19 October 2023
Reason
Units distributed in Korea and Turkey that did not have the correct firmware installed to support the user interface in the local language.
Distribution
International distribution to the countries of S. Korea and Turkey.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0354-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
6 July 2023
Reason
Lot of InterStim Self-Adhesive Ground Pad is being recalled due to the product being labeled with the incorrect expiration date.
Distribution
International distribution to the country of Iran.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2365-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
21 June 2023
Reason
When an update to the A710 Clinician Programmer software application for the Intellis Neurostimulation System was released, the corresponding version of the A901 Communication Manager software application was not available for download.
Distribution
International distribution to the countries of Israel and Serbia.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2226-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
6 June 2023
Reason
A cardioversion procedure may damage the electronics in the Vanta INS device, making the INS unresponsive and non-functional. As of April 19, 2023, Medtronic has received a total of two complaints concerning this issue from patients implanted with a Vanta INS, both of which have resulted in explant procedures.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2036-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
17 March 2023
Reason
Medtronic has received reports of SenSight Extension Tunneler kits that contain dual carriers with have been machined on only one side. As a result, the dual carrier cannot be used to pass two extensions simultaneously.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1408-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
20 January 2023
Reason
Medtronic is requesting return of a small number of units of the SenSight Connector Plug, Model B31061, due to a discrepancy in the Use By Date (UBD) printed on the label.
Distribution
US Nationwide Distribution
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0121-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
3 December 2022
Reason
Software anomalies, CP App messages: "Too Many Device Found", "Unexpected Device Error Code 1502", and "System Update Needed, Service Code 303"
Distribution
Worldwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0913-2023, Z-0915-2023, Z-0912-2023, Z-0914-2023, Z-0911-2023

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
26 July 2022
Reason
Potential communication issue in which the Vanta Clinician Programmer Application (CP App) A71200 v2.0.2455 may be unable to connect with a Vanta Implantable Neurostimulator (INS) Model 977006 when a patient is implanted with more than one neurostimulator.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY and Puerto Rico. The countries of Aus
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1574-2022

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
26 July 2022
Reason
Potential for Vanta Clinician Programmer Application (CP App) A71200 v2.0.2455 to display an Unexpected Device Error Code 1502 Message, and the user will be unable to perform programming of the Vanta Implantable Neurostimulator (INS) Model 977006.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution including in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and Puerto Rico. The countrie
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1571-2022

Completed Class II Medical devices

Recall started
27 May 2022
Reason
There are a small number of units of the DBS Lead with StimLoc kit (3387S-40) due to a discrepancy in the Use By Date (UBD) printed on the outer packaged kit label versus the UBD printed on the individual product label.
Distribution
US: MO, FL, TX, WA
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0217-2024

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
30 March 2022
Reason
The Implantable Neurostimulator Model may be susceptible to not communicating with the clinical programmer and/or patient programmer system.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY and the countries of Italy, Sweden,
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1123-2022

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
30 March 2022
Reason
The Implantable Neurostimulator (INS) cannot communicate with the clinical programmer and/or the patient programmer system.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY and the countries of Arge
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-1129-2022, Z-1128-2022

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
28 February 2022
Terminated
30 September 2026
Reason
There is a software anomaly with the InterStim X Clinician software application with results in the data entered in the Patient Information fields not e retained and a " Data Lost" notification being displayed.
Distribution
US Nationwide distribution in the states of FL, IL, WI, TX, CA, ND, NC, KY, AR, MO, MN, OH, CO, KS, MS, SC, LA, WA, PA, IN, SD, MI, WV, AL, GA, TN, VA, IA.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0998-2022

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
4 November 2021
Reason
The wireless rechargers (WR; WR9200 and WR9220; included in the Recharger Kits) become unresponsive if the charging steps, indicated in the Recharger Patient User Guide, are not followed.
Distribution
US Nationwide, including PR. There was government distribution but no military distribution was identified.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-0295-2022, Z-0294-2022, Z-0293-2022

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
19 October 2021
Reason
During cardioversion events, the Model B35200 Percept PC Implantable Neurostimulator could become unresponsive and non-functional. Cardioversion is a procedure performed by a cardiologist to correct an abnormal heartbeat. Medtronic has determined that the cardioversion may damage the circuit electronics in the Percept PC stimulator, thereby, causing the Percept PC stimulator to become non-responsive.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide and Puerto Rico. The countries of Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Canary Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slo
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0418-2022

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
23 September 2021
Reason
A software anomaly may occur with the clinician programmer application.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Middle East, Latin America, Africa, SE Asia and China.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0201-2022

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
9 July 2021
Reason
Specific PINs of the Vectris SureScan MRI lead kits contain the incorrect lead electrode spacing information printed on the shelf box and the sterile pack labeling.
Distribution
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2159-2021

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
2 June 2021
Reason
Excess nylon flash on the clip.
Distribution
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV and Hawaii
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2228-2021

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
25 March 2021
Reason
There is a potential for unintended heating that can occur with the Intellis Model 97755 Recharger.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1535-2021

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
9 March 2021
Reason
There are two issues within this correction action: 1. Cycling Issue: When copying settings from a previously used Activa device to a new Percept PC Implantable Neurostimulator (INS) using the "replacement" function of the A610 clinician programmer application, the cycling feature is not copied properly. 2. Log Fill Issue: When the Percept PC INS System Event log is full, the clinician programmer A610 Software application version 2.0.4584, 2.0.4594, 2.0.4605, or 3.0.1057 crashes when it attempts a reading of the last records in the log.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in Puerto Rico and the countries of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta,
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1368-2021

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
19 November 2020
Terminated
3 April 2023
Reason
A software anomaly in the A620 Patient Programmer application was identified that results in failure to connect with the Percept PC device.
Distribution
US Nationwide distribution including in the states of Arizona, California, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0612-2021

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
12 November 2020
Reason
A710 Intellis Clinician Application has a software issue that can result in the inability to program the Intellis implantable neurostimulation device.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution and the countries of Canada, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Japan, China, and European regions.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0860-2021

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
17 July 2020
Terminated
27 September 2024
Reason
The original version of the A71100 Restore Clinician Programmer Application has been identified to have a compatibility issue with some legacy clinician programmer software resulting in the programmer having an inability to establish communication with the implanted neurostimulators.
Distribution
Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide (there was government and military distribution) and the countries of Australia and Singapore.
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-2657-2023

Terminated Class I Medical devices

Recall started
11 October 2019
Terminated
15 September 2023
Reason
There is a potential for the presence of a foreign particle inside the pump motor assembly which could interfere with the motor gear rotation and lead to a permanent motor stall.
Distribution
US and Canada, Asia -Pacific (APAC), China, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMAE), Latin America (LATAM)
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0508-2020

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
15 May 2019
Reason
There is a potential for an unexpected increase in stimulation during InterStim programming with the A10 Clinician Application (on Medtronic's smart programmer).
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide & PR, and Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, UK, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-1774-2019

Terminated Class II Medical devices

Recall started
25 May 2018
Terminated
11 December 2020
Reason
This voluntary recall is being conducted due to the curved tip introducer needle which is included in the kit, to have a potential manufacturing defect. This could result in difficulty advancing or withdrawing the Vectris lead through the curved tip introducer needle.
Distribution
Worldwide
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall numbers
Z-2431-2018, Z-2432-2018

Terminated Class III Medical devices

Recall started
21 September 2017
Terminated
20 March 2020
Reason
There is a possibility that specific lots of catheters that have recently been distributed may be at risk for an increased potential for kinking at the proximal end where the catheter connects to the drug infusion pump.
Distribution
Nationwide Distribution
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0537-2018

Ongoing Class II Medical devices

Recall started
9 August 2017
Reason
Medtronic implemented a final design change intended to address the motor stall due to corrosion and is recalling devices with the previous design that are not implanted.
Distribution
US Nationwide Distribution in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, and WY
Initiated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
Z-0896-2018

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