Medtronic Lawsuit

For many people this device sounds like a gift from the heavens.  After all, it is way to get rid of headaches before they even develop.  According to the article, the device is implanted in the back of the neck and sends an electrical signal throughout the nervous system in anticipation of a migraine headache, […]

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Medical device giant Medtronic Inc. announced recently that it had received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a wire lead which will work with an implantable cardiac resynchronization device to correct irregular heart rhythms.
The new wire lead, called the Attain Starfix OTW lead, is touted by Medtronic as being a significant […]

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After receiving unexpected and painful shocks from his implanted cardiac defibrillator, Donald Larry Jackson suffered from post traumatic stress and requires psychiatric care to cope with the ordeal. The man initially filed the lawsuit against Medtronic after his defibrillator began to produce “unexpected and medically unnecessary” shocks. Jackson was implanted with a defibrillator that had […]

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