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NewsBiotronik implants linked with possible physician kickbacks
A federal investigation looking into whether device manufacturer Biotronik used illegal marketing and sales practices to get physicians to use its defibrillators and pacemakers, the New York Times Read more...
St. Jude Medical pays $16M to settle kickback claims
St. Jude Medical Inc. agreed to pay the U.S. $16 million to settle kickback allegations. The medical device company, based in St. Paul, Minn., used post-market studies and a registry as a way to pay Read more...
Judge rejects Guidant's plea agreement in unsafe defibrillator case as too lenient
The Justice Department might have to get tougher on Guidant Corp., for its handling of a potentially fatal flaw in some of its heart defibrillators. A U.S. District judge on Tuesday ruled that a Read more...
SPOTLIGHT:Cardiologist groups call for closer monitoring of ICD wires
A group of cardiologists has called for closer monitoring of wire leads that connect to defibrillators and pacemakers in the heart in the wake of serious malfunctions and deaths that took place in Read more...
Study: Primary care MDs don't know when to recommend defibrillators
A new study suggests that one of the key reasons few patients who need them get implantable defibrillators is that primary care doctors often don't know when to recommend them. Right now, between Read more...
Trend: Very elderly patients getting more aggressive procedures
Should surgeons implant a defibrillator in a 99-year-old patient's heart? This question, which might have seemed academic years ago, is becoming increasingly relevant as patients live longer and ask Read more...
FDA says CT scans can make medical devices malfunction
The FDA has issued a warning that some critical electronic devices may malfunction when patients get CT scans. In fact, CT scans may actually cause some medical devices to shock patients using them, Read more...
Panel issues care guidelines for heart implant patients
In the past, much of the discussion over implantable heart devices like pacemakers and defibrillators was over which patients were suitable candidates--and how to get health plans to pay for them. Read more...
Defibrillator use delays common, harmful
Too often, hospital patients with ventricular arrhythmias aren't treated with defibrillators soon enough, a problem that may have an impact on their survival, according to a new study published in Read more...
Medtronic sued over faulty defibrillator parts
Medical device maker Medtronic has been sued over alleged malfunctions in the leads for its defibrillators, which plaintiffs say gave them unnecessary shocks. Plaintiffs Leonard Stavish and Kelly Read more...
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