Posted on 03/27/2009 6:26:44 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Boston Scientific has warned doctors that a small number of patients implanted with its heart-regulating devices have suffered unnecessary shocks.
The medical device company said in a letter that 15 patients have received inappropriate electrical jolts from either Cognis or Teligen defibrillators, devices used to treat irregular heartbeats.
As many as 8,000 patients could be at risk, the company said. No deaths have been reported with the issue.
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My last divorce explained. I had no such device.
Is that anything like Edmund Scientific where I got all sorts of cool stuff?
My father had the opposite problem.
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