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Medtronic Increases Estimate of Deaths from Sprint Fidelis

Medtronic Inc. has written a letter to doctors revising the number of deaths it believes are due to a faulty wire known as Sprint Fidelis.

When the cardiac defibrillation device was recalled for safety reasons in 2007, the company said five deaths…

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Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Lawsuits and Preemption

Minnesota cardiologists have warned that Medtronic’s Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads which were pulled from the market in 2007, represent an “increasing hazard” for patients.  In a Wall Street Journal article, David L. Hayes, a cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, and…

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Client Featured in New York Times Story

Mark Turnidge was like other wearers of the Medtronic Inc. Sprint Fidelis Lead, a heart defibrillation device that was recalled in 2007 over concerns that the product’s slender electrical cable, or lead, had a high rate of fracture.

But last month, when doctors…

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