Category: pacemaker

MEDTRONIC warns of defects with 37,000 PACEMAKERS Ι 1.7 MILLION have been implanted Ι PACEMAKER MALFUNCTION Ι Kappa Ι Sigma

“Medtronic is warning doctors that 37,000 of its pacemakers may have wiring defects that can cause them to malfunction.” The company said the defect affects a subset of its Kappa and Sigma pacemakers, causing them not to respond or [to] run out of battery power. About 1.7 million of the pacemakers have been implanted since…