Medtronic Defibrillators
Implantable cardioverter Medtronic defibrillators are mechanical devices used to shock the heart into normal rhythm after patients suffer ventricular tachycardia (rapid heart beat) or ventricular fibrillation (irregular rhythm of the ventricles). The Medtronic defibrillators are surgically implanted in the chest in a minor procedure lasting less than one hour.
Some Medtronic defibrillators have been found to have defective high voltage capacitors that may take longer than normal to charge near the end of the battery service life. As a result, when a cardiac arrhythmia requires a cardioversion or defibrillation shock, the necessary shock may be delayed or not delivered at all. Such a delay or non-delivery could result in patient injury or death because patients are not receiving the appropriate therapy in time.
The Medtronic defibrillator recall is classified as Class I, the most serious type of recall, which means there is a reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious injury or death. Patients with Medtronic defibrillators with these model numbers should contact their physicians for further information and advice:
- Micro Jewell II Model 7223Cx
- GEM DR Model 7271 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD).
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