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Medtronic Settlements

Has anyone heard anything on the Medtronic Pacemaker Defibrillator lawsuits? My moms attorney says that they are only in litigation right now and have not even started the lawsuits yet. I have heard...

My Mom

I love my mom dearly but, she calls at least every hour of every day and she only live 2 blocks away. And I think her health issues are why. Last June she had a Medtronic Pacemaker Defribulator...

Medical Terrorism

Maybe the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle got too easy for Dr. William Maisel.Fishing about for another amusement, Dr. Maisel from Harvard Medical School, stumbled upon another corporate...

My Valentine's Story

It was just your routine defibrillator check at first. Then the screen showed the device had fired."You mean I was shocked?""Yep.""When?""Three weeks ago, on the 23rd, at 06:38AM and 12...

Medtronic's Endeavor Stent Finally Approved

As expected, Medtronic's Endeavor drug-eluting stent was approved by the FDA today.Looks like more competition has just arrived for this crowded space.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac...

Faulty Marquis Defibrillator? Here's $35K

We now can estimate what one device failure costs device companies per patient: $35,645.04. And throw in $18.5 million to be distributed amongst the lawyers who worked so hard on behalf of the...

More on Medtronic's Sprint Fidelis Lead

... recall appears in the New York Times today.The issue regarding replacing these leads in pacemaker-dependent patients is raised in the article. This is a tough decision. It is clear that some...

Newer Long-Term Cardiac Monitors

Today, Medtronic announced FDA approval of two implantable event recorders called the Reveal DX and Reveal XT, extentions of the earlier Reveal Plus implantable loop recorders (pictured). The Reveal...

"It's Deplorable"

More criticism of the Cypher stent ad campaign appears in the New York Times.Such an initiative is so pernicious and wasteful (can you say, "expensive?") at a time when doctors and patients are being...

Supreme Court to Hear Medical Device Case Today

In a case that is sure to have broad implications for the medical device industry, Medtronic will stand before the Supreme Court today to argue that the federal device approval process absolves them...

Thin Defibrillator Leads from St. Jude Questioned

Area of a circle equals pi (3.14159...) times the radius squared. I remember that equation from geometry class. Now, all kinds of engineers are rethinking this equation, too. As are doctors.Since...

Another Rare Use of A Pacemaker

Gastroparesis.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.