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Defibrillator URGENT MEDICAL DEVICE LAWYER AND LAWSUIT INFORMATION: Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., a leading product liability law firm, is investigating unsafe medical devices and equipment that have caused serious injury and death in patients. If you retain Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. for a medical device lawsuit, our medical device lawyers will examine relevant medical records, consult with medical professionals regarding your case, and pursue a medical device lawsuit against responsible parties if we feel the evidence supports it.

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Below are medical devices that have been recalled and/or have had documented cases of injury and death associated with them:

Medtronic Defibrillator Lead Recall
Medtronic has removed its Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads from the market because they may fracture, which can cause the defibrillator to deliver unnecessary shocks or not operate at all. Some deaths, at least 5, and major complications have occurred after the leads have fractured. Read more about the Medtronic Lead recall and a Medtronic lawsuit.

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Lawsuit
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received reports of 6 deaths and 77 injuries associated with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the last two years.

Synthes Synex Lawsuit
The Synthes Synex recall was prompted by the six adverse events. In each of these cases, the patient suffered injury when the Ti Synex VBR lost height. After reviewing the facts of these cases, the FDA announced that it had classified the recall of Synthes Ti Synex II VBR products as Class I.

Atrium Medical Corporation Recall
Atrium Medical Corporation has recalled selected lots of HYDRAGLIDE™ Brand Heparin-Coated Thoracic Drainage Catheters. Limited lots of Atrium heparin-coated Hydraglide Thoracic Catheters were manufactured with heparin found to have been contaminated with oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS). Read more about the Atrium Recall of heparin-coated HYDRAGLIDE.

Medtronic Recall of Products Used in Bypass Surgery
Medtronic, Inc. has recalled selected products featuring the Carmeda BioActive surface, which uses heparin. The heparin may be contaminated with oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS), a heparin-like compound that can cause death or other serious adverse events. Read more about the Medtronic recall of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery products coated with heparin.

Cardinal Health Initiates Worldwide Recall of Certain Alaris Pumps
On Nov. 5, 2007, Cardinal Health notified customers of a voluntary recall for all Alaris® Pump modules, model 8100 (formerly known as Medley™ Pump module), shipped prior to Sept. 27, 2007. The reason for this recall is that the units may contain misassembled occluder springs (bent, broken, nested or missing). Learn more about the Alaris pump recall and a possible Alaris pump lawsuit.

Boston Scientific / Guidant Defibrillator Recall
On April 5, Boston Scientific/Guidant recalled approximately 73,000 Guidant Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICDs) and Guidant Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-Ds). A faulty capacitor in these devices can cause the batteries to deplete sooner than expected. Learn more about Guidant lawsuit information and the Guidant defibrillator recall.

Alaris® SE Pumps (formerly the Signature Edition Infusion Pumps)
Alaris® SE Pumps (formerly the Signature Edition Infusion Pumps) may cause serious harm or death. According to Cardinal Health, owner of Alaris Products, a “key bounce” in the Alaris infusion pumps may cause over-infusion of medications, possibly 10 times the amount intended. Upon the request of the FDA, the United States Marshall has seized defective Alaris infusion pumps. Learn more about Alaris SE infusion pumps

Disetronic D-TRONplus Power Pack Recall
Disetronic Medical Systems Inc. (Disetronic) of Fishers, IN announced today a voluntary nationwide recall of the Disetronic D-TRONplus Power Packs, that power the D-TRONplus Insulin Pump. There is the real potential that the power pack could shut down the D-TRONplus Insulin Pump without any warning. If a shut down occurs, insulin delivery is interrupted. An interruption in insulin delivery may lead to uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, resulting in hyperglycemia, which may lead to serious patient injury and/or death. Learn more about the Disetronic D-TRONplus Power Pack recall

PIC50 External Monitor/Defibrillator
On July 7, 2006, the FDA announced the recall of 1,184 PIC50 External Monitor/Defibrillators manufactured in Buffalo Grove, Illinois between February 2002 and October of 2004 by MRL, Inc. a Welch Allyn Company. The recalled PIC50 monitor/defibrillators may display a DEFIB COMM ERROR, which may prevent or delay the delivery of therapy, which may fail to resuscitate the patient. Learn more about the PIC50 External Monitor/Defibrillator recall

Guidant Pacemaker and Defibrillator Defect
On June 26, 2006, the FDA announced that Boston Scientific, which has recently acquired Guidant, is providing safety information to physicians and patients and retrieving some models of Guidant pacemakers and Guidant defibrillators from its sales force and hospital inventories. Low-voltage capacitors in the affected pacemakers and defibrillators may perform in a manner that leads to device malfunction. Read more about the defective Guidant pacemakers and defibrillators

Reusable Ultrasound Transducer Assemblies
On June 19, 2006, the FDA issued a health notification regarding reusable ultrasound transducer assemblies used for various biopsy procedures. These instruments may not have been cleaned properly between uses. If you had a biopsy that involved the use of a reusable ultrasound transducer, you may be at risk for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Learn more about biopsy procedures and HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C

Recall of AED20 Automatic External Defibrillators
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a June 15, 2006, recall of 580 AED20 automatic external defibrillators. According to the manufacturer, the recalled defibrillators may experience failure or unacceptable delay. Learn more about the recall of AED20 automatic external defibrillators

COLLEAGUE Volumetric Infusion Pump: FDA Recommendation
April 28, 2006 – The COLLEAGUE Volumetric Infusion Pump manufactured by Baxter Healthcare Corporation was recalled in July 2005. There was also an urgent correction in December 2005 (with an update in February 2006). The FDA is now recommending that healthcare providers take additional “important safety steps” when using the Baxter infusion pumps. Learn more about Baxter Healthcare's COLLEAGUE Volumetric Infusion Pump.

Recall of Blackstone Medical's ICON Modular Fixation System
In April of 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall of Blackstone Medical’s ICON Modular Fixation System. The ICON Modular Fixation System is used for spinal surgery.According to the recall notification, The construct can loosen in the early postoperative period. This requires surgery to remove the ICON Modular Fixation System. There have been 484 surgical procedures in which the recalled devices have been implanted. Learn more about the recall of Blackstone Medical's ICON Modular Fixation System.

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Zicam Lawsuit

Several lawsuits have been filed alleging Zicam caused loss of smell (anosmia) and taste, and our lawyers are reviewing potential claims. We are gathering information about Zicam smell loss. Read more about Zicam: Zicam class action lawsuit, warning letter from the FDA to Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. regarding Zicam Cold Remedy nasal spray and gel swabs, Zicam recall.

After only one use of a Zicam Cold Remedy product, Bonnie Blodgett lost her sense of smell. A gradening writer and foodie, her life was drastically changed. She recently published Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense in which she chronicals her experience with losing her sense of smell and then slowly getting it back again.

Bonnie's experience with Zicam is similar to many of our other clients. They experienced a burning sensation during the first use of a Zicam product and then lost their sense of smell (anosmia). Most of them were not as fortunate as Bonnie and have not regained their sense of smell.

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Ortho Evra Lawsuit: Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch

The Ortho Evra birth control patch has been linked to an increased risk of blood clots that can lead to pulmonary embolism, stroke and heart attack.

Fentanyl Lawsuit and Fentanyl Recall

There have been a number of recalls regarding fentanyl due to the risk of a fentanyl overdose.

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