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Guidant & Medtronic

guidant defibrillator, defective pacemaker, wrongful death, product liability Guidant is a medical device maker that recalled 50,000 cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers. The defective devices place patients at risk as a result of an internal short circuit which, without warning, can result in a failure to deliver a shock to the heart when needed. This, in turn, can lead to serious life-threatening events. Medtronic is also a medical device maker that recalled its heart devices as a result of a potential battery shorting mechanism that may occur.