Guidant Defibrillator: Guidant Corporation has recalled over 50,000 Guidant defibrillator devices


Guidant Defibrillator Recall List

The following Guidant defibrillators are subject to the recall:

> VENTAK PRIZM 2 DR (Model 1861)

> CONTAK RENEWAL (Model H135 & H155)

> VENTAK PRIZM AVT (All Models)

> VITALITY AVT (All Models)

> RENEWAL 3 AVT (All Models)

> RENEWAL 4 AVT (All Models)


Why has Guidant Corporation Recalled their Guidant Defibrillators?

On June 17, 2005 Guidant Corporation recalled nearly 50,000 of its Guidant defibrillators implanted in patients worldwide because of defects that could lead to serious injury and death.

According to Guidant there are approximately 38,000 Guidant defibrillators being used in the United States.

Forty-five instances of device failure and two deaths resulting from Guidant defibrillator malfunction have been reported to date.

Update:

During the months of June and July of 2005, Guidant Corporation added a number of additional defibrillator models to the defibrillator recall. There are now as many as 20 Guidant defibrillator models that are subject to recall or warning. Therefore, if you thought that your model was not subject to the initial recall, you may want to double check to see if it has been added to the list.

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