announced Monday that two heart pump products are being recalled after reports of 14 deaths and hundreds of injuries were associated with the devices. Abbott Laboratories’ Thoratec Corp. is ...

Abbott has issued a recall for select HeartMate mobile power ... Failure to act within 15 minutes of power unit failure could result in the pump shutting down, precipitating life-threatening ...

With medical devices, recalls are not always what they seem. In some recalls, including some of the most serious, the FDA and the manufacturers let doctors and hospitals continue to use the devices.

The recall comes years after surgeons say they first noticed problems with the HeartMate II and HeartMate 3, manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. The devices are ...