What does Medtronic do?
Medtronic is a medical device company. They manufacturer a number of implantable medical devices, including medtronic heart defibrillator (Medtronic Insync cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, Maximo ICD and Marquis ICD models). Medtronic is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
What is the problem with the Medtronic defibrillator?
In February 2005 Medtronic notified the FDA, doctors and patients, that a number of its implantable defibrillator (Medtronic Insync cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, Maximo ICD and Marquis ICD models) fail suddenly, because they have a defective battery. Device failure can result in sudden death. The devices with a bad battery were put into services as Medtronic ICD devices in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Medtronic announced that two specific types of ICD devices (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) may suffer from a leaking battery charge (a bad medtronic battery that result in power depletion) that causes the device to suddenly fail without warning. There are two types of Medtronic heart devices subject to this recall. These are: cardioverter- defibrillator (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) devices.
What models are defective?
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator models:
Marquis VR 7230,
Marquis DR 7274,
Maximo VR 7232, and
Maximo DR 7278.
What about Medtronic Cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator?
InSync Marquis 7277,
InSync II Marquis 7289,
InSync III Marquis 7279, and
InSync III Protect 7285.
