Boston Scientific Recalls Ear Implant
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Boston Scientific Corp said on Friday it has recalled an ear implant the company acquired as part of its purchase of Advanced Bionics in June.
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Siemens on Thursday warned users of its 65 series cell phones that a bug in the devices&#39; software could cause hearing damage. The problem affects Siemens&#39; C65, CX65, M65, S65, and SL65 as well the CV65, CT65, CXV65, and CXT65, the company said.
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In an Aug. 26. story about the recall of a medical device used to measure carbon dioxide in patient&#39;s blood, the Associated Press included incorrect information provided by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.   said late on Friday that it was recalling and halting shipments  of its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solutions after data  showed a higher risk of eye infections among its users.
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A federal judge has ruled that some product liability claims against Boston Scientific Corp.  over heart defibrillators can proceed, rejecting the medical device company's motions to dismiss them.
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Boston Scientific Corp. stock rose more than 5 per cent Wednesday after company executives called a recent recall of its Taxus heart stents a blip and said most of the lost market share has already been recovered.
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Merck & Co Inc on Wednesday voluntarily recalled about 1.2 million doses of its widely used children's vaccines after quality-control checks found production equipment may not have been properly sterilized.
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A jury in Texas has ruled that Boston Scientificâs drug-coated stents infringe a 1997 patent issued to a radiologist in Princeton, N.J., and has awarded the inventor $431 million in damages, Boston Scientific said Tuesday. The suit by the patent holder, Dr. Bruce N. Saffran, did not seek to halt sales of the stents.
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Medical device giant Medtronic Inc. issued a nationwide recall Thursday for a software card used for programming a drug delivery pump that potentially resulted in the deaths of two patients and serious injuries to seven others.
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An unspecified number of cochlear implants to help people with severe hearing loss are being recalled because they may malfunction due to ear moisture, the US Food and Drug Administration announced.
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Baxter International has pulled its flu vaccine from a clinical trial in Britain because of side effects. Baxter, of Deerfield, Ill.
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With sales of its top medical devices continuing to drop, Boston Scientific Corp. plans broad job cuts that could affect its Massachusetts employees, a spokesman said yesterday.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration  expects to inspect Boston Scientific Corp.'s Galway, Ireland  factory in the "near future" as part of its probe into the  company's coronary stent recall, the Wall Street Journal said  on Friday.
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Boston Scientific Corp. BSX.N said on  Wednesday that inspectors from the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration found no problems at a plant in Ireland that  makes Taxus heart stents, which were the subject of a recall.
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Boston Scientific Corp.  said on Friday it will pay $195 million to settle numerous legal claims related to the recall of implantable heart defibrillators made by Guidant Corp., which it acquired last year.
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The recall of one of its best-selling contact lens solutions has put Advanced Medical Optics into crisis mode.
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Blaring disconnection melody in some Siemens phones could potentially cause ear damage.