The New York Times Agency May 2010
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(NYT81) MORRISTOWN, N.J. -- Dec. 12, 2007 -- MEDTRONIC-DEFIBRILLATOR-3 -- An X-ray showing a defibrillator and its wire, or lead at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, N.J., on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. Some leads are susceptible to cracking, endangering the patient. On Tuesday, two months after Medtronic warned doctors and nearly a quarter-million patients that a wire connecting their electronic defibrillators to their hearts might break, the young man had the lead removed and replaced in a painstaking surgical procedure at a hospital here. It has been the largest recall yet of a medical device, in terms of number of patients potentially involved. And while the financial impact on Medtronic seems minimal so far, the episode has drawn renewed scrutiny to the way medical devices -- particularly heart leads -- are approved and regulated in this country. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
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