ROCKVILLE, Md. – Guidant advises doctors should follow up with patients implanted with possibly defective pacemakers/defibrillators. The U.S Food and Drug Administration supported its advice.
Guidant company recently notifies the healthcare providers to take a number of potentially defective pacemakers and implantable defibrillators out of hospital inventories.
Power supply maybe the possible defects. It could cause [...]

Implantable cardioverter devices (ICDs) deliver an electric shock to correct potentially deadly abnormal heart rhythms. However, receiving this kind of devices can cause fear and worry in some patients.
Some patients with ICDs may be afraid of exercise or sex. They may also worry that they or others may be harmed by the ICD’s electric [...]

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a warning about a Class I recall of Welch Allyn PIC 50 Automated External Defibrillators.
The defective devices may have an electrical contact issue that causes them to fail in providing a defibrillation shock.
According to FDA, the PIC 50 may display an error message “Defib [...]

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and MRL, Inc., a Welch Allyn Company, is issuing a Class I worldwide recall of 1,184 External Monitor/Defibrillators.
Class I recall is only used in “a situation in which the use of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
The [...]

About 4% of patients suffered from moderate to severe complications after having a defibrillator implant to control heart rhythm.
The most frequent type of complications is blood clots and displacement of a cable that connects the device to the heart.
Federal government released the related data. The New York Times studied it for 16 months and [...]

Women may one day conceive babies on their own. British researchers have already turned stem cells from an embryo into sperm capable of producing offspring.
Professor Karim Nayernia led his team using embryo cells to produce seven baby mice. Six of the mice lived to adulthood, however, the animals were either too small or too [...]

Two fundraisers have collected enough money to buy automatic external defibrillators (AED) for St. Anthony Catholic Church, Holy Martyrs Catholic Church and St. Anthony Catholic School.
Two events were held for raising the money. They were Knight of Columbus’ Lenten fish fries in March and St. Anthony class penny wars. The former one raised $1,086 while [...]

The Honolulu Police Department and six deserving students received awards from Honolulu Police Community Foundation today. This foundation supports the city’s finest.
The foundation presented Chief Boisse Correa with a $15,000 check this morning at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.
Most of the money will be used to buy automated external defibrillators, in order to help [...]

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and MRL, Inc., a Welch Allyn Company, is issuing a Class I worldwide recall of 1,184 External Monitor/Defibrillators.
Class I recall is only used in “a situation in which the use of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
The [...]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met with officials from Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) last week. They discussed the company’s June 26 recall of nearly 23,000 defective cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators.
The devices were already implanted in about 27,000 patients. The company recommended all these patients have them checked. BSX believes [...]