{"id":1631,"date":"2007-10-15T15:59:33","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T15:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/medtronic_heart_device_recall_1\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:11:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:11:33","slug":"medtronic-heart-device-recall-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/medtronic-heart-device-recall-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Medtronic Heart Device Recall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Medtronic, the world\u2019s largest maker of implanted heart defibrillators, announced that it was urging doctors to stop using an electrical  wire known as Sprint Fidelis, which connects the heart to a defibrillator.  A defibrillator is a device which shocks the heart back into normal rhythm should it falter.  The wire is prone to a defect that has resulted in malfunctions in hundreds of patients and may have contributed to five deaths.<\/p>\n<p>There are an estimated 235,000 patients with the Fidelis.  Such a malfunction can cause the device to either deliver an unnecessary electrical jolt or fail to provide a life saving jolt to a patient in need.  According to Medtronic, in most cases, the devices can be reprogrammed without surgery to minimize the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Medtronic estimated that approximately 2.3% of patients with the Fidelis wire, or four to five thousand people, will experience a fracture within 30 months of the implantation.  These patients will require a delicate surgical procedure to replace the wire according to physicians.  Replacing the wire is considered to be far more dangerous than replacing the device itself.  As a result, physicians advise that patients are better off leaving the wire in place except in those instances where it has stopped functioning properly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/medtronic-heart-device-recall-1\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Medtronic Heart Device Recall\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Medtronic, the world\u2019s largest maker of implanted heart defibrillators, announced that it was urging doctors to stop using an electrical wire known as Sprint Fidelis, which connects the heart to a defibrillator. A defibrillator is a device which shocks the heart back into normal rhythm should it falter. 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