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Potential Pump Malfunction Results In Class I Recall For LifeSPARC Circulatory System

Executive Summary

The US FDA has labelled a recall of several hundred components of the LifeSPARC circulatory support system from LivaNova as class I, the agency’s most serious recall designation.

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