Official recall record
Merlin™ 3650 Patient Care System (PCS)
- Issuing authority
- Health Canada — Medical Devices
- Published
- 2026-05-22
- Country of alert
- Canada
- Alert level
- Type II
- Alert type
- recall
What the authority reported
Abbott is reaching out to customers to inform about a Merlin™ PCS 3650 programmer software update that addresses a software behavior that may occur during Pacing Capture Threshold (PCT) test of an AVEIR™ Leadless Pacemaker (LP). If intermittent loss of telemetry occurs during PCT test, the programmer may not successfully communicate the command to terminate the test, potentially leaving the LP in sub-threshold pacing until telemetry is fully disconnected. This issue can only occur during a PCT test, which is performed during implant or in clinic follow-up. This issue was identified through a review of complaints data, which confirmed four (4) complaints associated with the issue globally.
What to do
Follow the instructions in the official notice — recall remedies (refund, repair, replacement, or disposal) are defined by the issuing authority and the responsible business, and they differ per recall. Do not rely on summaries, including this one.
Record last checked against the registry on 2026-06-03.