Welcome Legal News Watch is an online news service, updated weekdays, since 2002. Services About published by Related Sites Thursday June 30, 2005 Guidant Recalls Certain Implantable Defibrillators Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Published: June 27, 2005 Food and Drug Administration announced a few weeks ago that it is notifying health care providers and patients that the Guidant Corporation is recalling certain of its implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators. These devices can develop an internal short circuit without warning, resulting in failure to deliver a shock when needed. The defibrillators affected by this notification are: - VENTAK PRIZM 2 DR, Model 1861, ICDs manufactured on or before April 16, 2002 - CONTAK RENEWAL, Model H135, manufactured on or before August 26, 2004 - CONTAK

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