Injured by a Defective Pacemaker?

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Since the summer of 2005 there have been over 236,000 defective defibrillators and pacemakers recalled from the US market due to a variety of problems such as device failure relating to battery depletion and other problems associated with adverse cardiovascular events and unfortunately many deaths among patients.

Included in these pacemaker recalls have been the popular Guidant, Medtronic and St Jude pacemakers.

Recall Lawsuit Update: If you or a loved one have received a defective pacemaker that has been subject to recall regardless of whether or not you have experienced device malfunctions or failure, you should contact us immediately. You may be entitled to compensation and we can help.

Guidant Pacemakers

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

• Ventak Prizm 2 DR (model 1861)
• Contak Renewal (model H135) and Contak Renewal 2 (model H155)
• Ventak Prizm AVT
• 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

UPDATE: 6/28/06 Guidant Corporation has issued yet another recall of their popular defibrillator and pacemaker devices.

This most recent recall affects over 27,000 devices and is in connection to an internal mechanism defect - low-voltage capacitor problem >> Learn More

UPDATE: 6/23/06 Documents released in a Texas lawsuit today state that the potentially deadly short-circuiting problem with implantable defibrillators manufactured by Guidant Corporation may be far worse than originally indicated. More specifically, Guidant defibrillators may fail at an increased rate of 10 times more than originally expected according to internal FDA documents >> Learn More

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

Medtronic Pacemakers

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 Pacemakers

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 Pacemakers 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 Pacemaker cases in all 50 states.

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