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Guidant Defibrillators
FDA Preliminary Public Health Notification: Guidant VENTAK PRIZM 2 DR and CONTAK RENEWAL Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Jul 14, 2005 | ww.fda.gov
This is to provide clinicians with current information and guidance concerning malfunctions occurring with Guidant’s PRIZM 2 and CONTAK...
Guidant Defibrillators Get Highest Warning
Jul 2, 2005 | AP
A malfunction in some of the Guidant Corp. defibrillators recalled last month could cause serious injury or death, the government said in classifying...
FDA ISSUES HIGHEST LEVEL (CLASS I) WARNING REGARDING HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THREE OF THE RECALLED GUIDANT IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR MODELS AS WELL AS A CLASS II WARNING AS TO EIGHT OTHER MODELS
Jul 2, 2005 | www.Newsinferno.com
The purpose of an implanted defibrillator is to shock an irregularly beating heart back into proper rhythm. If that is not done, death will result...
FDA Puts Guidant Recall In Class 1
Jul 2, 2005 | Star Tribune
Guidant Corp. can't seem to get out of the bad-news column.On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration placed three models of the company's...
Parker & Waichman, LLP Investigating Guidant Defibrillator Claims after Receiving Hundreds of Inquiries from Patients Nervous About the Risk of Device Failure
Jun 27, 2005 | PRIMEZONE
Parker & Waichman, LLP (www.yourlawyer.com) announces that it has commenced an investigation into defective defibrillators manufactured by...
THE NEWS KEEPS GETTING WORSE FOR GUIDANT AS IT ANNOUNCES AN ADDITIONAL 46,000 DEFIBRILLATORS HAVE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ELECTRICAL DEFECTS
Jun 25, 2005 | www.Newsinferno.com
On May 24, Guidant disclosed it had waited three years before disclosing it had been aware of an electrical problem that had caused some 28 of 28,900...
Guidant Tells Doctors To Not Use Five Defibrillator Models
Jun 24, 2005 | AP
Guidant Corp. on Friday issued its second safety advisory in a week about its implantable defibrillators, telling doctors to stop using five of its...
Guidant Initiates Worldwide Physician Communications Regarding Important Safety Information and Corrective Action about Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators
Jun 24, 2005 | www.fda.gov
Guidant Corporation said today it is voluntarily advising physicians about important safety information regarding certain devices. Guidant apprised...
IN THE WAKE OF DEFIBRILLATOR RECALL, CARDIOLOGISTS’ GROUP TO PREPARE GUIDELINES FOR MANUFACTURERS TO FOLLOW WHEN PATTERN OF MALFUNCTIONS IS DISCOVERED
Jun 23, 2005 | www.Newsinferno.com
The sudden recall of almost 50,000 implanted defibrillators manufactured by Guidant Corp. on June 17 has many experts questioning a monitoring system...
British Regulators Issuing Guidant Alert
Jun 23, 2005 | Star Tribune
British regulatory officials have held "urgent discussions" with Guidant Corp. in recent weeks regarding the company's delayed notice of...
Guidant Defibrillators
