Device Information

COMPANY NAME OF DEVICE MAKER:
Boston Scientific / Guidant

RECALLED GUIDANT PACEMAKER MODELS:

PULSAR® MAX Models 1170, 1171, 1270

PULSAR Models 0470, 0870, 0970, 0972, 1172, 1272

DISCOVERY® Models 1174, 1175, 1273, 1274, 1275

MERIDIAN® Models 0476, 0976, 1176, 1276

PULSAR MAX II Models 1180, 1181, 1280

DISCOVERY II Models 0481, 0981, 1184, 1186, 1187, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286

CONTAK TR® Model 1241

VIRTUS PLUS® II* Models 1380, 1480

INTELIS II Models 1483, 1484, 1485, 1384, 1385, 1349, 1499

GUIDANT Recall NEWS

Boston Scientific / Guidant Recall: Questions & Answers
FDA Web site — August 10, 2007

FDA Update Statement on Boston Scientific/Guidant Pacemakers and Defibrillators
FDA Web site — July 11, 2006

FDA study reveals malfunctions in implanted heart defibrillators were on the rise well before Guidant recall
MSNBC News — Sept. 16, 2005

FDA Updates Consumers on Guidant Corporation’s Implantable Defibrillators
FDA Web site — July 2005

FDA Announces Guidant’s Class I Pacemaker Recall
FDA Web site — July 2005

FDA Issues Nationwide Notification of Recall of Certain Guidant Implantable Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators
FDA Web site — June 2005

Recalled Guidant Pacemakers

In July 2005, thousands of Guidant pacemakers were recalled because of a defective “sealing component” that allowed fluid to leak into the device. The recall notice warns patients and doctors that the faulty pacemakers may need to be replaced requiring another surgery.

Nine Guidant pacemaker models that were made between 1997 and 2000 have been recalled (see models at right). The recall was prompted after 69 recent reports of pacemaker failures in which patients lost consciousness when their pacemakers either stopped pacing or rapidly increased their heart rates.

Boston Scientific / Guidant faces hundreds of lawsuits related to its pacemaker and defibrillator products. Of significance, in early 2008, KCR settled a $240 million case on behalf of clients who had defective implanted Guidant defibrillators.

Proven Results

• $240 Million Guidant Defibrillator Settlement — KCR clients who were injured by malfunctioning Guidant cardiac defibrillators will claim shares of the $240 million fund as part of a 2008 nationwide settlement.
  
  
• In a confidential settlement, our attorneys successfully resolved a case against Johnson & Johnson on behalf of over 200 individuals who alleged that they contracted post operative infections from sutures that had not been properly sterilized.
  
  
• In another case, we successfully resolved a case against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc. on behalf of approximately 56 women who allege that they were injured by a defective medical device known as Intergel.

If you or a loved one has received a recalled Guidant pacemaker or defibrillator, contact one of our medical device attorneys to talk about your case. You may be entitled to payment by Boston Scientific / Guidant for any additional surgery or medical treatment, as well as other damages including lost wages and pain and suffering.

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