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Defibrillator Problems Are Associated With MEMS Magnetic Switch Technology
Solution Delivered by Reed Switch Technology From Hermetic Switch, Inc.
July 13th, 2005 (biz.yahoo.com)
CHICKASHA, Okla., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A leading manufacturer of implantable defibrillators has indicated that a recent problem with several of their defibrillator models is due to a sticking "magnetic switch". It is important to clarify that although there are several types of magnetic switches, only one type, the MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems), is associated with this problem. In fact, the solution to this very problem is provided by another magnetic switch technology, the Reed Switch, from Hermetic Switch, Inc. Unfortunately, there has been some erroneous information conveyed in various media reports, adding to the confusion in this matter.
Patient Sues Guidant Over Flawed Heart Defibrillator
July 7th, 2005 (biz.yahoo.com)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- A Corpus Christi man has filed a lawsuit against Indianapolis-based Guidant Corp. (NYSE: GDT - News), claiming the company concealed a potentially life-threatening flaw in a defibrillator implanted in his chest.
Safety first - Refocus the priority of the FDA
July 3rd, 2005 (heraldtribune.com)
The FDA recently announced the recall of a heart defibrillator device implanted in 29,000 patients. Two people died after the devices malfunctioned. The manufacturer, Guidant Corp., told doctors not to use five of its models because they could malfunction.
Guidant defibrillator recall becomes more urgent
July 2nd, 2005 (app.com)
INDIANAPOLIS — More than 20,600 Guidant Corp. cardiac defibrillators recalled last month have a malfunction that could cause serious injury or death, federal regulators said Friday in classifying the devices as the most urgent recall priority.
Eleven types of defibrillators made by Guidant were the subject of safety warnings issued last month. About 87,600 defibrillators are implanted in patients worldwide.
Guidant Tells Doctors to Halt Use of Defibrillators
June 24, 2005 (bloomberg.com)
Guidant Corp., the medical-devices maker Johnson & Johnson agreed to buy, told doctors to stop implanting five models of its cardiac defibrillators because an electrical defect may cause failures.
Guidant faces new legal challenge
June 21, 2005 (indystar.com)
The company has offered to replace 28,900 of the devices that are still in use.
“The problem is they haven’t said how that’s going to happen and how people would be able to go about doing this,” said Paul Pennock, an attorney with Weitz & Luxenberg, who is filing the lawsuit jointly with Seeger.
“The problem is they haven’t said how that’s going to happen and how people would be able to go about doing this,” said Paul Pennock, an attorney with Weitz & Luxenberg, who is filing the lawsuit jointly with Seeger.
Defective Heart Devices Force Some Scary Medical Decisions
June 20, 2005 (nytimes.com)
In coming weeks, thousands of patients and their doctors will be weighing competing risks as a result of Guidant's decision last week, after urging by the Food and Drug Administration, to recall about 29,000 defibrillators that can potentially short-circuit when they are needed. Defibrillators emit an electrical jolt to restore rhythm to a chaotically beating heart.
Guidant Recalls Cardiac Defibrillators
June 17, 2005 (www.nytimes.com)
Friday's recall includes the Prizm 2 DR, the Contak Renewal and Contak Renewal 2, the Ventak Prizm AVT, Vitality AVT, Renewal 3 AVT and Renewal 4 AVT ICDs. The company said about 63,000 of the devices had been implanted, with nearly 50,000 still in use.
Flaw in Guidant heart devices
June 3, 2005 (iht.com)
Data provided by Guidant to a Minnesota hospital suggest the company continued to sell the potentially flawed devices for months after it had changed the way it made the device and had begun selling the new ones.
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Heart Device Sold Despite Flaw, Data Shows
June 1, 2005 (nytimes.com)
Data provided by Guidant Corp to Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis suggest that Guidant continued to sell potentially flawed implantable heart defibrillators for months after it changed way it made device and had begun selling new ones; nine patients from May to September 2002 received implants of defibrillators that were made before April 2002; Guidant says it continued to sell units out of inventory--those made before fixes--because it believed that devices were reliable; company told doctors and patients for first time last week that defibrillator failed because of short-circuiting problem seen in 26 known cases.
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