Guidant and Medtronic Defibrillators and Pacemakers

On November 7, 2006, the U.S. Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation issued an order consolidating a number of federal cases against Guidant Corporation, alleging that various implantable pacemaker and defibrillator devices were defective. These cases have been assigned to the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, MDL No. 1708, and includes the following devices:

Defibrillators:
Contak Renewal Model H135 Contak Renewal 2 Model H155 CRT Contak Renewal 3 Models H170, H173 or H175 Contak Renewal 3 HE Model H177 or H179 Contak Renewal 3 AVT Model M150 or M155 Contak Renewal 3 AVT HE Model M157 or M159 Contak Renewal 4 Model H190 or H195 Contak Renewal 4 HE Model H197 or H199	Contak Renewal 4 AVT Model M170 or M175 Contak Renewal 4 AVT HE Model M177 or M179 Contak Renewal RF Model H230 or H235 Contak Renewal RF HE Model H239 Ventak Prizm AVT Model A135, A155 Ventak Prizm 2 DR Model 1861 Vitality AVT Model A135, A155
Pacemakers:
Pulsar® MAX Models 1170, 1171, 1270 Pulsar Models 0470, 0870, 0970, 0972, 1172, 1272 Discovery® Models 1174, 1175, 1273, 1274, 1275 Meridian® Models 0476, 0976, 1176, 1276 Pulsar Max II Models 1180, 1181, 1280 Discovery II Models 0481, 0981, 1184, 1186, 1187, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286 Contak TR® Model 1241 Insignia AVT DDD Model 982 Insignia AVT DR Model 1292 Nexus AVT SSI Model 1328 Nexus AVT VDD Model 1428 Nexus Entra DDD Model 1425 or 1426 Nexus Entra DR Model 1466, 1494, or 1495 Nexus Entra SR Model 1395 or 1398 Nexus Entra SSI Model 1325 or 1326	Insignia AVT SR, Model 1192 Insignia AVT SSI Model 482 Insignia AVT VDD Model 882 Insignia Entra DR Models 1294, 41295 or 1296 Insignia Entra SR Model 1195 or 1198 Insignia Entra SR DDD Model 0985 or 0986 Insignia Entra SSI Model 0484 or 0485 Insignia Plus DR Model 1297 or 1298 Insignia Plus SR Model 1194 Insignia Ultra DR Model 1290 or 1291 Insignia Ultra SR Model 1190 Nexus AVT DDD Model 1432 Nexus AVT DR Model 1492 Nexus AVT SR Model 1392 Nexus Plus DR Model 1490 or 1491 Nexus Plus SR Model 1390 Virtus Plus® II Models 1380, 1480 (Available only outside the U.S.) Intelis II Models 1483, 1484, 1485, 1384, 1385, 1349, 1499 (Available only outside the U.S.)

In February of 2005, Medtronic issued a recall on models implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). Claims related to this recall were consolidated by the Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation, MDL No. 05-1726, on December 7, 2005, and have also been assigned to the U.S. District Court of Minnesota. The Medtronic defective devices included within the MDL at this time are as follows: