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6/12/2006 4:23:00 PM | Medtronics targeted in St. Clair County again 
=(0) Medtronic is being sued by an Illinois man, claiming damages because the implantable defibrillator he received was later revealed to have a defective battery. He was subsequently hospitalized and is claiming personal and economic damages. The 24 counts in the lawsuit include fraud, negligence, misrepresentation and defective design....
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5/15/2006 12:51:00 PM | Medtronic outlines its initiatives on pacemaker guides =(0) Medtronic, a medical device maker, has outlined improvements it is implementing to adhere to the guidelines recently recommended by the Heart Rhythm Society: It is expanding its panels that study performance trends and quality control; it is creating a patient advisory panel to improve communication with patients; it will work to pool data fro...
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5/10/2006 11:01:00 AM | Medtronic begins study on new ICD device =(0) Medtronic has begun a clinical trial to study a new device in the treatment of mild to moderate heart failure. The device is an implantable defibrillator, but also is able to transmit data via phone lines so that doctors can more closely monitor patient heart rate, pressure, body temperature and activity. ...
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3/19/2006 12:20:00 AM | Heart of the matter =(0) Susan Peterson, a Minnesota woman who was implanted with a Medtronic heart medical device to help her enlarged heart condition, found it difficult to get facts from Medtronic when they issued a recall for her medical device. Once the truth came to light, her Medtronic defibrillator was immediately replaced and she now works to secure improved legis...
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3/17/2006 9:40:00 AM | Medtronic expands pacemaker labeling =(0) Medtronic, Inc. makers of medical devices like pacemakers and defibrillators has received FDA approval to expand the use of their pacemakers. The approved new labeling of the devices will allow doctors to prescribe them to a larger group of patients. No details were released as to the new applications of the Medtronic pacemakers. Medtronic has been...
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3/14/2006 9:08:00 AM | Deaths no higher with recalled heart devices: study =(0) A study has revealed that patients implanted with recalled heart devices do not have higher fatality rates than those patients who use products equipped with no safety warnings. Prominent defibrillator and pacemaker manufacturer Guidant Corp., has been issued numerous recalls and safety warnings over the past few years for their devices. While som...
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3/4/2006 12:54:00 AM | La. recipients of dubious transplant parts sue companies =(0) A class action lawsuit has been launched against medical supply company, Biomedical Tissue Services, by hundreds of Louisiana transplant recipients. According to the plaintiffs, several of the transplanted body parts, stolen from corpses, may have been infected with syphilis, hepatitis, or covered with cancer. The lawsuit claims that the New York s...
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