Posts tagged medtronic

• $5.4 BILLION -- Just the cost of doing business?

  John Hopkins | November 04, 2011 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Is it even remotely reasonable to suppose that a corporation would pay $1 million it does not owe? Well, ok, maybe. How about $5 million it does not owe? Possibly you say? How about $3 BILLION...

• Medtronic...Beleaguered Consumers and Yet Another Recall

  Brenda Fulmer | September 29, 2009 3:31 PM | 3 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On August 27, 2009, the Food & Drug Administration issued yet another recall for a device manufactured by Minnesota-based Medtronic (who also has experienced recalls of its pain medication...

• Medtronic Class I Recall of Kappa and Sigma Series Devices

  C. Todd Alley | June 22, 2009 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Medtronic, in conjunction with the FDA, has issued Class I recall – the most serious type of recall classification reserved for products whose continued use could lead to serious illness or...

• Altria, Medtronic & Wyeth: Decisions that Concern Sales over Safety and Profits over People

  Armand Rossetti | March 06, 2009 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On March 5, 2009 Representative Bruce Braley (D-IA) sent a letter to congress indicating that he was proud to be a cosponsor of the “Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 (MSDA). On March 4, 2009,...

• Patients Need To Be Aware of Medtronic Infuse Use In The Neck

  Eddie Farah | January 17, 2009 11:49 PM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Medtronic is facing more trouble over its Infuse Bone Graft. A Texas woman is reportedly preparing a lawsuit blaming off-label use of Infuse for injuries she suffered after cervical spine surgery....

• Heparin or Over Sulfated Chondroitin Sulfate? That is the Question.

  Armand Rossetti | November 07, 2008 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In its natural form, chondroitin sulfate (itself a glycosaminoglycan) is used as a natural dietary supplement for the palliation of osteoarthritis. In fact, natural chondroitin sulfate is not a...

• Recall: Medtronic Reports Problems with IsoMed and Synchromed Intraspinal Pain Pumps

  Armand Rossetti | October 27, 2008 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Medtronic’s SynchroMed and IsoMed intraspinal pain pumps consist of an abdominally implanted drug fluid reservoir equipped with a catheter. The catheter leads to and a tip, which the surgeon...

• Profit Over Safety in a World of Rapid Research and Development: A Few Comments about Guidant and Medtronic

  Armand Rossetti | October 10, 2008 3:22 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Profit Over Safety in a World of Rapid Research and Development: A Few Comments about Guidant and Medtronic There is always an ounce of concern among manufacturers about consumer safety, and a...

• Riegel Preemption Does Not Include 510(k) Approved Medical Devices

  Armand Rossetti | September 10, 2008 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  In Riegel v. Medtronic, 552 US ___(2008), the Court stated that in 2005, the FDA authorized the marketing of 3,148 medical devices under §510(k), and granted premarket approval (PMA) to just 32...