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Editor: Marc Jay Bern
Profession: Defective Medical Device Lawyer

Category: Medtronic News

Health authorities have been notified by Medtronic regarding a software bug that affects some of its cardiac devices.

According to the company, there are software problems in six models of its implantable defibrillators. The issue, says the company, may be life threatening, however, the malfunction is rare and no injuries or deaths have occurred from the defect, according to their Web site.

As of April of this year, Medtronic has received five confirmed reports of defect out of about 144,000 devices sold.

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