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Practice Areas | Guidant
Overview
Guidant, Corp., a manufacturer of medical devices including Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators ("ICD"s) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy defibrillators ("CRT"s), has recently announced two separate recalls of its defibrillator devices. The total recall involves some 96,000 defibrillators.
Guidant has also issued warnings and recalls about a number of its pacemaker devices. The warnings and recalls apply to over 200,000 pacemakers, many of which remain implanted in patients residing in the United States.These defibrillator and pacemaker recalls and warnings affect thousands of patients whose lives and well-being are dependent upon the proper and reliable functioning of these devices.
The Models Recalled
Defibrillators
- VENTAK PRIZM 2 DR, MODEL 1861 - manufactured on or before April 16, 2002
- VENTAK PRIZM AVT
- CONTAK RENEWAL, MODEL H135 - manufactured on or before August 26, 2004
- CONTAK RENEWAL 2, MODEL H155 - manufactured on or before August 26, 2004
- CONTAK RENEWAL 3
- CONTAK RENEWAL 4
- RENEWAL RF
- RENEWAL 3
- RENEWAL 4
- RENEWAL 3 AVT
- RENEWAL 4 AVT
- VITALITY AVT
- RENEWAL 3 AVT
- RENEWAL 4 AVT.
Pacemakers
- PULSAR MAX MODELS 1170, 1171 1270
- PULSAR MODELS 0470, 0870, 0970, 0972, 1172, 1272
- DISCOVERY MODELS 1174, 1175, 1273, 1274, 1275
- MERIDIAN MODELS 0476, 0976, 1176, 1276
- PULSAR MAX II MODELS 1180, 1181, 1280
- DISCOVERY II MODELS 0481, 0981, 1184, 1186, 1187, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286
- VIRTUS PLUS II MODELS 1380, 1480
- INTELLIS II MODELS 1483, 1484, 1485, 1384, 1385, 1349, 1499
- CONTAK TR. MODEL 1241
- INSIGNIA MODELS 0482, 0484, 0485, 0882, 0985, 0986, 1190, 1192, 1194, 1195, 1198, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1294, 1295, 1296, 1297, 1298
- PULSAR AND NEXUS MODELS
If you or a loved one has or had a defective defibrillator or pacemaker, please click HERE for information about potential claims against the manufacturer and one's legal rights.
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