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MEDTRONIC SOLD DEFIBRILLATORS FOR 2 YEARS AFTER FINDING DEFECTS
Medtronic continued selling flawed cardiac defibrillators for two years after
learning that some of them may suddenly quit working, according to company documents
filed in a California lawsuit. After Medtronic last year recalled the devices,
19,000 people had to have surgery for a replacement, said Medtronic spokesman
Rob Clark. At least one of them died from post- surgical complications, according
to the man's widow. Defibrillator patients are vulnerable to potentially fatal
heartbeat irregularities, which the $20,000 devices detect and correct using
electrical shocks.
Bloomberg
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