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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Some are expressing alarm about an implantable chip that the Food and Drug Administration approved Thursday. The VeriChip is meant to pass along patients&#39; medical history to doctors and emergency personnel.
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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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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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Boston Scientific Corp. said yesterday it has won back the market share that its flagship cardiac stent system held before three safety recalls reduced doctors&#39; orders of the product.
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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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Hearing implant maker Cochlear had its biggest single-day share price rise in seven years yesterday after its main competitor announced a worldwide recall of defective stock.
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A hospital device used to measure carbon dioxide levels in patient tissues is being recalled after investigations revealed that the device probably caused life-threatening infections among 11 children at a Dallas hospital, the US Food and Drug
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Advanced Medical Optics Inc.  on Tuesday recalled almost 3 million units of its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution due to sterility problems that could lead to eye infections, the second major recall of a contact lens solution this year.
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Boston Scientific Corp. on Monday recalled nearly 23,000 pacemakers and defibrillators that could fail because of an electrical flaw, and the company asked doctors to check 27,000 patients already implanted with potentially faulty devices.
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Swiss-Swedish Nobel Biocare's Teeth-in-an-Hour implant system may carry more risk of complications than conventional methods, an abstract of a study by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet showed on Saturday.
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Boston Scientific receives a warning letter from the FDA on a discontinued stent trial.
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Blaring disconnection melody in some Siemens phones could potentially cause ear damage.
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Boston Scientific Corp. BSX.N on   Thursday said an internal analysis confirmed an increased risk   of blood clots with its drug-coated device used to keep   previously clogged arteries open.
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Shares in Boston Scientific Corp. slumped yesterday after the company said its top-selling product can cause blood clots in patients' coronary arteries.
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The following recalls have been announced:
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Biopure Corp. , the Cambridge company trying to develop an artificial substitute for human blood, was battered in the stock market yesterday after a federal advisory council recommended against its effort to test the product on more than 1,000 trauma patients.