Defective Leads Recall

medtronic‘s sprint fidelis leads have been recalled due to serious safety concerns

medtronic corporate headquartersOn October 15, 2007, suspended sale of their Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator leads (Models 6930, 6931, 6948, 6949) after receiving reports of 5 fatalities.

Reports of fracturing of Sprint Fidelis leads on implantable defibrillators had been piling up for months. As of January 2007, the Food & Drug Administration () had received 599 reports of lead fractures.

In March 2007, wrote a letter to doctors warning them about possible problems with the defective leads. However, it was a full 6 months later before the company decided to postpone distribution on the Sprint Fidelis leads.

Despite having so many reports of Sprint Fidelis lead fractures, the did not start monitoring the component until February, after the Minneapolis Heart Institute published a study of lead failures in the Sprint Fidelis models compared to the Sprint Quattro models, another type of lead.

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