Guidant Heart Defibrillator Recall

The Guidant Company, maker of heart defibrillators, has announced a voluntary recall of seven different kinds of the questionable devices. The recall includes nearly 50,000 cardiac defibrillators currently implanted in human hearts in Texas and around the world. Seven different types of the product have been recalled; the Contak Renewal®, Contak Renewal 2®, Ventak Prizm AVT®, Prism 2 DR®, Renewal 4 AVT ICDS®, Vitality AVT®, and the Renewal 3 AVT®. These devices are intended to shock hearts back to a regular beat if and when it begins to beat irregularly.

As reported by USA Today.com (June 17, 2005), the company did not alert doctors as to possible problems with the defibrillators. Afterwards the company stated that they thought the defibrillators had failed 45 times and caused at least 2 deaths. The Food and Drug Administration has released a statement saying that they completely agree that Guidant should recall the product in Texas and throughout the United States.

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