Defective & Dangerous Products

• Two Devices Recalled by Boston Scientific

  Staff Writer | January 05, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Cardiac patients should be aware that Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer, has recalled two separate products. 40,000 Flextone cutting balloons and 18,000 vena kava blood filters have been recalled from hospitals based on reports of unintentional separation during withdrawal in angioplasty procedures, and implantations to dissolve blood clots, respectively. These defects may...

• Men File Defective Defribillator Lawsuits

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 8:10 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two men from the Chicago area have filed lawsuits against Medtronics, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of defribillator implants.Randie Green and Anton Muller claim their defribillators had defective batteries, and they had them removed in 2005.According to the complaints, the models' defective batteries cause the defibrillator to short, resulting in an unpredictable loss of power without...