Injured by a Defective Defibrillator?

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St Jude Defibrillator Breaking News:On November 12, 2007 the Wall Street Journal reported that Riata® defibrillator leads made by St. Jude Medical Inc. may be defective and could pose serious risks to patients.

Learn More: St Jude Riata Defibrillator Lead

Medtronic Defibrillator Breaking News: On October 15, 2007 Medtronic announced it was voluntarily suspending distribution of its Sprint Fidelis® defibrillation leads because of reports of fractures leading to serious complications including at least 5 deaths.

"Fractures in the Sprint Fidelis leads may lead to audible alerts, inappropriate shocks and the loss of output," Medtronic said.

Learn More: Medtronic Recall or Sprint Fidelis Recall

If you or a loved one have been injured by the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis® or St Jude Riata® lead, you should contact us immediately. You may be entitled to compensation and we can help.

Guidant Defibrillators

Guidant Corporation has recalled more than 136,000 of its defective cardiac defibrillators implanted in patients because of potential malfunctions in the devices. The recall includes:

• Insignia
• Nexus
• Contak Renewal and Contak Renewal 2
• Contak Renewal TR and TR2
• Ventak Prizm AVT
• Ventak Prizm 2 and Prism 2 DR
• Viatlity
• Viatlity 2
• Vitality AVT
• Renewal AVT
• Contak Renewal 3 and 4, Renewal 3 and 4 AVT and Renewal RFs
• Other models may be subject to recall - Contact us for more information

Guidant Defibrillator & Pacemaker Recall List - learn more about the Guidant recall

Medtronic Defibrillators

On February 11, 2005, Medtronic Inc. issued a statement to physicians advising them that over 80,000 implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) are prone to battery depletion and failure. The battery shorting mechanism could cause the battery in these defibrillators to experience a rapid depletion of power resulting in the loss of device function. The particular devices affected were manufactured between April 2001 and December 2003 and include:

• Marquis VR Model 7230
• Marquis DR Model 7274
• Maximo VR Model 7232
• Maximo DR Model 7278
• InSync Marquis Model 7277
• InSync II Marquis Model 7289
• InSync III Marquis Model 7279
• Other models may be subject to recall - Contact us for more information

Medtronic Defibrillator & Pacemaker Recall List - learn more about the Medtronic recall

St Jude Defibrillators

In June 2005, St Jude Medical Incorporated announced that some of its implantable St Jude defibrillator models have a software problem that could cause the heart-shocking device to malfunction.

In addition, some of the defibrillators may contain background levels of atmospheric ionizing cosmic radiation, more commonly known as cosmic rays.

Any of the installed models shown below are at risk of failure and could cause a heart attack. Depending on the specifics of your situation, the unit may have to be removed. The recall includes:

• Atlas
• Epic
• Epic DR/HF
• Epic Plus DR/VR/HF
• Atlas DR
• Atlas Plus DR/VR/HFPhoton DR (Model V-230HV) (certain serial numbers)
• Photon DR (Model V-230HV) (certain serial numbers)
• Photon Micro VR/DR (Models V-194/V-232)
• Atlas VR/DR (Models V-199/V-240)
• Other models may be subject to recall - Contact us for more information

St Jude Defibrillator & Pacemaker Recall List - learn more about the St Jude recall

Do I have a Defective Defibrillator Lawsuit?

The Medical Device and Product Liability Litigation Group at our law firm is an experienced team of trial lawyers that focus exclusively on the representation of plaintiffs in defibrillator and pacemaker recall lawsuits. We are handling individual litigation nationwide and currently accepting new Defective Defibrillator cases in all 50 states.

Attention Attorneys: We do not publish prior verdict/settlements. If you are an attorney and would like to refer us a case or for us to send you a profile of prior award judgments or average referral fees, please visit the attorney referral section of our website.

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