Medtronic Inc. Legal News Articles & Interviews

Santa Clara, CA: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated information concerning a Class 1 Recall for a total of 4,669 HeartWare Ventricular Assist Devices (HVAD), made by Medtronic. An FDA Class 1 recall is the most serious type of recall the agency issues, because the allegedly defective product poses “a reasonable probability that use of these products will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”

Minneapolis, MN The board of directors of Medtronic, Inc. will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on August 23 at Medtronic World Headquarters. Given the rough year that the company has had, there should be some interesting debate among the shareholders.

Fridley, MN Quality control seems to have gone the way of the dinosaur, while the word 'recall' has become part of our everyday vocabulary. How did we get here? And whatever happened to reliability? Especially when it comes to medical products? Take for example, Medtronic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.

Mineapolis, MN Minnesota based Medtronic is one of the world's largest suppliers of defibrillators through its Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management division and its top selling products are pacemakers and defibrillators. CRDM net sales for the 3 and 9 months ended January 26, 2007 were $1.291 billion and $3.904 billion, according to the firm's latest SEC filing.