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• Fentanyl Overdose Leads to Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  January 19, 2011

  Staff Writers

  A fentanyl overdose lawsuit has been filed against Medtronic and an Illinois clinic by a widow who claims her husband...

• Heart Defibrillators Often Implanted in Inappropriate Patients: Study

  January 5, 2011

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  More than one out of every five heart defibrillators implanted in the United States may be unnecessary, or were implanted...

• FDA Considers New Rules to Address External Defibrillator Problems

  November 16, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Federal regulators are warning medical device manufacturers that if they do not take actions to prevent the release of defective...

• Medtronic Octopus Nuvo Recall: Surgical Device May Fracture

  November 2, 2010

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  A recall has been issued by Medtronic, Inc. for their Octopus Nuvo Tissue Stabilizers, after two reported incidents where the...

• FDA Proposes More Stringent Medical Device Approval Rules

  August 5, 2010

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  Federal regulators are planning to strengthen a fast-track medical device approval process, which critics say has let dangerous products slip...

• Medtronic Bone Device Cancer Risk Causes Concern for FDA Reviewers

  July 26, 2010

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  Concerns over a possible risk of cancer associated with the use of a new proposed Medtronic bone graft device, known...

• Lifepak 20 Defibrillator Recall: Power Supply May Fail

  July 6, 2010

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  About 43,000 Lifepak 20 and Lifepak 20e defibrillators have been recalled because the power supply could fail; a malfunction that...

• Infusion Pump Problems Lead to FDA Initiative to Reduce Risk

  April 26, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Federal regulators have issued new draft guidance aimed at increasing the quality and safety of drug infusion pumps, which have...

• LIFEPAK 15 Defibrillator Recall: Turns On and Off By Itself

  April 23, 2010

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  A recall has been issued for the LIFEPAK 15 defibrillator by Physio-Control, Inc. after it was determined that the defibrillators...

• FDA Meeting Today to Review Mounting Problems with Insulin Pumps

  March 5, 2010

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  A panel of outside advisers to the FDA are scheduled to meet today to review what steps the regulatory agency...