September 7th, 2009
In early December, Jerry Jackson received the shock of his life. Or six.
The 63-year-old Mineola resident was sweeping crumbs off the bed where his granddaughter sat when a sudden surge in his chest caused him to twist in agony.
His implanted cardiac defibrillator (ICD) had sent 800 volts of electricity into ...
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September 7th, 2009
Tom Kern had a potentially lifesaving heart device implanted in his body last year. Now he wonders if it might harm him instead.
The Florida man is caught in the worldwide recall of components used since 2004 in a leading brand of defibrillators, which shock the heart to restore a normal ...
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September 7th, 2009
Mark & Associates, P.C., announced they have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Texas man against Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT), Medtronic Puerto Rico, Inc., and Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations Co. The suit was filed in December 2007 in Hennepin County District Court, State of Minnesota, (docket #27-cv-07-26678). For more information ...
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September 7th, 2009
Mark & Associates, P.C. announces that it has launched a new website http://www.MedtronicLegalAction.com The website offers defibrillator and pacemaker patients who may have recalled Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads the opportunity to receive a free legal consultation. On October, 15, 2007, Medtronic Inc. announced it was recalling its Sprint Fidelis ...
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September 7th, 2009
A Texas resident is claiming the unexpected shocks he received from a cardiac defibrillator constitute civil battery and caused him such severe anxiety that he is suffering from post traumatic stress and now requires psychiatric care.
Donald Larry Jackson filed a product liability suit against Medtronic on Jan. 18 in the ...
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September 7th, 2009
Two recently released surveys suggest that many heart patients with implanted devices aren't aware of recent recalls and don't understand the dangers they might face. The surveys are small, but they point to a lack of understanding among both doctors and patients about heart disease and the devices used to ...
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September 7th, 2009
Medtronic heart devices that were recalled two years ago may be failing in patients at a rate significantly higher than previously known, according to a new report by two prominent cardiac specialists.
The Medtronic device, known as the Sprint Fidelis lead, is an electrical cable that connects an implanted defibrillator to ...
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September 7th, 2009
During the past several months, the actions of the judge at the center of the Medtronic Sprit Fidelis defibrillator case have been under scrutiny. On March 9, 2009, the judge who recently dismissed thousands of lawsuits against Medtronic stated he will not remove himself from the case. At issue is ...
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September 7th, 2009
On March 13, 2009, Medtronic, Inc. announced that thirteen patients may have died as a result of problems with its heart device wires that were initially disclosed in 2007. The Minneapolis-based company pulled its Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads off the market in October 2007 after discovering five patient deaths that ...
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September 7th, 2009
The safety of implanted defibrillators and pacemakers has come under fire the past several years. During the week of May 11, 2009, a cardiologists group called for closer monitoring of the performance of wire leads that connect implanted defibrillators and pacemakers to the heart in the wake of malfunctions that ...
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