MRL, Inc. a Welch Allyn Company, Issues a Voluntary Worldwide Recall of Selected AED20 Automatic External Defibrillators
June 16, 2006 15:27

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Buffalo Grove, IL, June 15, 2006 -- MRL, Inc., a Welch Allyn Company, today announced it is initiating a voluntary worldwide Class I recall of 580 AED20 Automatic External Defibrillators manufactured in Buffalo Grove, IL between April... (Read this Article)

It seems that just when it seems that the recall problems are over, another device is identified. In fact, in this month alone, two recalls were issued for heart devices.The most recent recall is by Boston Scientific Corp. Again, a problem exists with the... (Read this Article)

"A potentially deadly short-circuiting problem with implantable defibrillators made by the former Guidant Corp. may be far more common than initially indicated, according to an analysis by federal regulators. Guidant's implantable heart devices may fail about 10 times more often than the company had projected last year, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration analysis released in a Texas lawsuit. A judge in a product-liability lawsuit involving Guidant's defibrillators recently unsealed the FDA document dated June 16, 2005."

Jim McCartney, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 6/23/06