GUIDANT CONTRACTOR GETS SUBPOENA ABOUT DEVICES

Accellent, a contract manufacturer for heart-device makers including Guidant, said it received a U.S. Justice Department subpoena for information related to a probe of Guidant defibrillators. The subpoena is connected to an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office in Minneapolis that last month prompted a separate subpoena to Guidant, Wilmington, Mass.-based Accellent subsidiary, Accellent, said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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