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Heart Device Linked to More Than a Dozen Deaths

By Edward Bills

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More than a dozen people implanted with internal heart defibrillators have died because of faulty wiring that connects the device to the heart, medical device maker Medtronic announced Friday. According to the company, about 2,000 legal claims have been filed in connection with the thin electrical cable, known as the Sprint Fidelis. Earlier this month, lawmakers introduced legislation that would reverse a Supreme Court decision that blocked lawsuits involving government-approved medical devices.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).

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