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Guidant Pacemaker | Defibrillator Recall News Article |
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| July
18, 2005 |
Associated
Press, "Guidant issues warning
for 28,000 pacemakers; Faulty seal could
lead to malfunction, heart failure, manufacturer
says" |
Guidant
Corp., already under fire for problems with
its implantable defibrillators, on Monday warned
physicians replacements might be needed for
nine pacemaker models made between 1997 and
2000.
The safety advisory, which
affects 28,000 devices in use worldwide, heightened concerns among heart patients
and raised new questions about the wisdom of a planned $25.4 billion acquisition
of Guidant by New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson.
"They have a lot
of trouble to fix. Guidant has killed their name," said Lisa Salberg, president
and founder of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, a patient advocacy
group. "There’s going to be a lack of trust."
The Indianapolis-based
company said a sealing component in the pacemakers has degraded in some cases,
resulting in higher-than-normal moisture in the devices and possible malfunction.
Guidant distributed about
78,000 pacemakers, about 18,000 of which are still in use in U.S. patients. The
devices, which send electrical pulses to the heart to accelerate a slow heartbeat,
have a seven- to 10-year life span before they must be replaced. |
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