- Greg Jones | September 16, 2009 9:55 AM | Charlotte, NC
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Medical Devices & Implants
Medtronic Inc. has issued a statement that a catheter and an infusion pump it produces pose serious health risks when used together. This action and potential risk has caused the U.S. Food and Drug...
- Greg Jones | June 11, 2009 1:53 PM | Charlotte, NC
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Medical Devices & Implants
The FDA just announced Class I recall of certain Kappa and Sigma Series pacemakers, because these devices may fail due to a separation of wires that connect the electronic circuit to other pacemaker...
- Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | May 05, 2009 11:20 PM | Greenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC
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Medical Devices & Implants
In 2007 Medtronic, the company that made Sprint Fidelis heart defibrillator cable stopped selling the product after five patients who had the cables died. But now that the cable is off of the...
- Jean Martin | April 25, 2009 5:49 AM | Wilmington, NC
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Defective & Dangerous Products
The Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft system is a cage type system implanted into the spine which containes a protein that is capable of initiating bone growth. The Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft has FDA...
- Jean Martin | April 07, 2009 9:56 AM | Wilmington, NC
Category:
Defective & Dangerous Products
Much has been posted about the dangers associated with the defective Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Leads. Just recently it was revealed that there are more deaths associated with this faulty lead wire...
- Jean Martin | September 29, 2008 1:20 PM | Wilmington, NC
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
The FDA has issued a recall for Medtronic drug pumps. The recall notice came Friday. The pumps involved are the Indura 1P Intrathecal Catheter, model 8709SC; Intrathecal Catheter, model 8731SC;...