St. Jude Defibrillators
The medical device manufacturer St. Jude recalled implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, in June 2005 due to a problem in the software of the device. This problem could possibly cause the units to be unable to provide the therapy the patients need to prevent potentially deadly ventricle fibrillation. The problem was caused by a memory chip first used in the 2002 models of St. Jude Defibrillators and eventually used in about 36,000 devices throughout the world.
The June 2005 recall affects the following devices:
- St Jude Atlas.
- St Jude Epic.
- St Jude Epic DR/HF models V-233, V-337 and V-338.
- St Jude Epic Plus DR/VR/HF models V-236, V-239, V-196, V-239T, V-196T and V-350.
- St Jude Atlas DR model V242.
- St Jude Atlas Plus DR/VR/HF models V-243, V-193C, V-340, V-341 and V-343.
St. Jude Aortic Connectors have also been found to be unsafe medical devices. Used in the heart bypass surgery, St. Jude Aortic Connector enables surgeons to perform complicated cardiac procedures without requiring the patient to be hooked up to respiratory assistance during surgery. The symmetric bypass aortic connectors were never tested on large groups nor did St. Jude perform the standard clinical trials. In fact, St. Jude has never made any attempt to alter the design of the aortic connector to remedy any potential problems, nor have they contacted patients of doctors to advise them to test patients who use the connector.
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