Advisory on Trilogy pacemakers
September 1, 1999
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Advisory on Trilogy pacemakers
St. Jude Medical in St. Paul, MN, issued an advisory late July that the batteries in a small number of its Trilogy pacemakers could drain prematurely. There have been no injuries associated with the defect, but the problem has occurred in approximately 88 pacemakers. The medical devices manufacturer issued a technical memo detailing a follow-up procedure to identify whether a pacemaker might experience premature battery depletion. That memo can be accessed at www.sjm.com/ stjude/common/htm/frm_clin.htm on the Internet. The problem can be identified by an early rise in battery impedance, therefore the company advises a special follow-up and monitoring program for patients with devices implanted within the last 12 months (Models 2250, 2260, 2264, 2308, 2318, 2350,
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