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Guidant Defibrillators
Guidant letter about risks never sent
Jun 7, 2006 | AP
Newly unsealed court documents show Guidant Corp. drafted a letter warning doctors of a dangerous electrical malfunction in some of its devices...
Report: Guidant considered warning doctors
Jun 7, 2006 | UPI
The Guidant Corp. reportedly considered warning physicians last year about serious defects found in some heart defibrillators produced by the...
20 insurers sue over defective defibrillators
Jun 2, 2006 | www.news-press.com
When countless Southwest Florida heart patients received a letter last year informing them that their Guidant defibrillators were defective, they...
Boston Scientific Finds Battery Problem in Some Devices
May 15, 2006
Boston Scientific Corp. on Monday said it had notified doctors that some of its implantable cardiac devices, which it acquired as part of its...
Replacing Heart Device Found Risky
Apr 26, 2006 | Los Angeles Times
Surgery to replace potentially defective heart defibrillators carries an unexpectedly high rate of serious complications, including death, according...
Studies show implanted heart device can malfunction, but removal's risky
Apr 26, 2006 | Washington Post
Implantable defibrillators, which can deliver a life-saving shock to people with damaged hearts, have had a roller-coaster record of reliability, as...
Risk cited in replacing heart device
Apr 25, 2006 | AP
A new study suggests that for some patients with implanted heart defibrillators that have been recalled by the manufacturer, replacing the device...
Guidant cautions doctors to check some defibrillators
Mar 13, 2006 | AP
Guidant Corp., which is being acquired for $27 billion by Boston Scientific Corp., cautioned doctors Monday to check the voltage on certain...
KEY DATES IN GUIDANT'S STRUGGLE
Feb 26, 2006 | www.twincities.com
May 25, 2005: Guidant Corp. reports 26 cases of failure, including the death of a young Minnesotan — from its Ventak Prizm 2 DR Model 1861...
Guidant Cited for Manufacturing Violations
Feb 23, 2006 | AP
Medical device maker Guidant Corp. waited more than a year to tell federal regulators that it had repaired software in a line of defibrillators,...
Guidant Defibrillators
