Mass. Firm Recalls Malfunctioning Defibrillators
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A Massachusetts company that made  equipment to shock a stopped heart back to life is recalling  10,000 of its external defibrillators after they failed to  work, Access CardioSystems Inc. said.
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Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. on  Friday said it has begun warning doctors about some faulty  batteries installed in a line of its implantable heart  defibrillators.
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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, have announced the voluntary recall of the following consumer product.
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Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. said on Friday it has begun warning doctors about some faulty batteries installed in a line of its implantable heart defibrillators.
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The potentially faulty machines were sold under the Lexmark, IBM and Dell brands. The company has recalled these products because they could short circuit and potentially give users an electric shock.
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Boston Scientific Corp. will pay $16.75 million to settle state investigations into flawed heart defibrillators sold by Guidant Corp. , whose substantial legal liability Boston Scientific inherited when it bought the firm last year for $27 billion.
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Toymaker Playskool and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall Friday of about 255,000 of its "Team Talkin' Tool Bench" toys following the deaths of two young children.
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Thousands of patients with failing hearts must decide whether to heed a warning from Medtronic and replace a defibrillator in their chest that has a potentially faulty wire.
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Medtronic Inc. on Thursday recalled the software used to program some SynchroMed implantable pumps because it was susceptible to errors that have led to two deaths and seven serious injuries.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson can't supply cardiac stents fast enough to capitalize on three recent recalls by archrival Boston Scientific Corp. , say cardiologists who use both companies' medical devices.
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The catheter that triggered three safety recalls by Boston Scientific Corp. of its best-selling Taxus coronary stent after being linked to three deaths and 47 injuries had not been subjected to the rigors of a human clinical trial, FDA records show.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall Thursday of Amana, Trane and American Standard combination air conditioner/heat pumps that can overheat and catch fire.
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About 4.4 million now under recall; firm says units can overheat, possibly causing fire or shock. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Dell Inc.
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More defibrillators in use mean higher earnings for some investors.
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Company recalls 42,000 defibrillators GUILFORD, Conn., March 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. firm has started a voluntary worldwide recall of approximately 42,000 semi-automatic external defibrillators because of a faulty self-test system.
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The Food and Drug Administration is unlikely to sanction Boston Scientific Corp. after reviewing its handling of safety recalls of its new cardiac stent system, an agency official said yesterday.
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NEW YORK  - New guidelines recommend precautionary measures when it comes to driving for people who have been given an implantable defibrillator, called an ICD.