Medtronic Pacemakers
Medtronic pacemakers have been cited for failures and are some are being recalled by the manufacturer. Medtronic is reporting 19 failures out of 38,000 devices (0.05%) due to: loss of rate response; premature battery depletion; intermittent or total loss of telemetry; or loss of pacing output in the identified Sigma Medtronic pacemaker units. The cause of the failure has been identified as separation of (i.e. loss of contact) redundant interconnection wires from the hybrid block in the pacemaker circuit.
A solvent used to clean Medtronic pacemaker wires degraded them over time, causing the wires to break from the circuitry in the 19 failed pacemakers.
The models affected include Medtronic Sigma Series single and dual chamber pacemakers: SD203, SD303, SDR203, SDR303, SDR306, SVDD303, SS103, SS106, SS203, SS303, SSR203, SSR303, SSR306, SVVI103.
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