Pacemaker/Defibrillator News
December 20, 2007
Medtronic Inc. has announced that it has agreed to settle 2,682 defibrillator lawsuits that have been filed against the company. Medtronic says that it will pay $114 million to settle lawsuits filed over its Marquis line of defibrillators.
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December 04, 2007
Medtronic Inc. is trying to stop patients who were injured by the company’s medical devices from suing the company. The company argued before the Supreme Court that Charles Riegel, who was injured who his Medtronic catheter burst during an angioplasty, should be prevented from suing because the device was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Riegel says that the device contains design flaws and that the instructions on its label are misleading.
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August 30, 2007
Boston Scientific Corp. has reached a $16.75 million agreement with the attorneys general of 35 states to settle their investigations into problems with cardiac defibrillators made by Guidant Corp. Boston Scientific inherited the legal liability for Guidant’s pacemakers and defibrillators after purchasing the company in April 2006.
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July 14, 2007
Boston Scientific has announced that it has agreed pay $195 million to settle about 4,000 lawsuits over defibrillators made by the Guidant Corporation. Guidant was purchased by Boston Scientific in 2006.
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June 26, 2007
A group of patients who used pacemakers or defibrillators has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of the devices. The 14 patients claim that devices manufactured by Guidant, Cardiac Pacemakers and Boston Scientific were defective and caused them to be hospitalized.
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March 02, 2007
Boston Scientific has announced that it is currently facing at least 1,175 lawsuits over Guidant defibrillators . This number includes more than 1,100 individual lawsuits and about 75 class action suits, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Boston Scientific purchased Guidant in April 2006.
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