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Medtronic Pacemacker Information

Certain Medtronic Kappa® and Sigma® pacemakers may fail at a higher than expected rate due to separation of wires that connect the electronic circuit to other pacemaker components (e.g., battery, connector). This may present clinically as loss of rate response, premature battery depletion, loss of telemetry, or no output.

Medtronic has observed 285 Kappa devices and 131 Sigma devices with this failure mechanism.

Wire separation on a Medtronic Kappa or Sigma pacemaker may cause serious injury or death:
Some patients, whose devices experience a wire separation resulting in a loss of pacing output, will experience a return of bradycardia symptoms (e.g. fainting or lightheadedness). In rare cases involving pacemaker dependent patients, loss of pacing output may result in death or serious injury. Medtronic has received two reports of patient death where it is possible but unclear whether this issue may have been a factor.
If you would like information about a Medtronic lawsuit, please contact Attorney Elliot Olsen, managing attorney for our Medtronic lawsuits.

You may look up specific model and serial numbers to see if your pacemaker is affected.

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