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Pacemakers Vulnerable to Hackers, Researchers Say
May 29, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Pacemakers can be hacked - relatively easily. Now a research team that was able to hack the implantable defibrillators that keep sick hearts...
Heart Device Patients Often Unaware of Recalls
May 16, 2008 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
It seems that many patients who have been implanted with heart devices are not aware of recent recalls and do not understand the dangers they might...
Medtronic Sprint Fidelis, St. Jude Riata Defibrillator Lead Wires Endanger Patients
Nov 19, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
People with a Medtronic or St. Jude implantable defibrillators should know that some of these defibrillators’ lead...
St. Jude Defends Riata Defibrillator Lead, But Expert Skeptical
Nov 13, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
St. Jude Medical Inc. is trying to undo the damage caused by reports that its Riata Defibrillator Lead wires have perforated the hearts of some...
St. Jude Riata Defibrillator Lead Wires Perforating Patients' Hearts
Nov 12, 2007 | Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
St. Jude Riata Defibrillator Lead wires have been detaching from patients’ hearts and perforating the heart wall, according to reports...
Health Canada Endorsed Important Safety information on certain St. Jude Medical implantable cardiac defibrillators
Nov 6, 2005 | Health Canada
Dear Doctor:This letter is written to provide you with important safety information regarding a memory chip component supplied to us and used in a...
Feds Probing Heart Device Firms
Oct 26, 2005 | www.twincities.com
The Justice Department has started a broad investigation into whether makers of implantable heart devices have offered payments or other inducements...
FDA: Defibrillator Defects on the Rise
Sep 16, 2005 | AP
Malfunctions in implanted heart defibrillators were on the rise even before this summer's massive recall by Guidant Corp., government and Harvard...
St. Jude Medical Inc. Warns Physicians that Radiation can Affect its Older Generation ICDs
Sep 10, 2005 | www.newsinferno.com
In a physician’s advisory dated October 6, 2005, St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that it has discovered that background levels of atmospheric...
St. Jude Tells Doctors of Software Problem in Some Defibrillators
Jun 21, 2005 | Star Tribune
St. Jude Medical Inc. has notified doctors and federal regulators of a software problem in some models of its implantable defibrillators that could...
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