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If you or a loved one has been implanted with a defective Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillator lead and you would like more information about your legal rights, please contact us.

The nation's largest maker of implanted heart devices, Medtronic, said yesterday that it was urging doctors to stop using a crucial component in its most recent defibrillator models because it was prone to a defect that has caused malfunctions in hundreds of patients and may have contributed to five deaths.

The faulty component is an electrical "lead," or a wire that connects the heart to a defibrillator, a device that shocks faltering hearts back into normal rhythm. The company is urging all of the roughly 235,000 patients with the lead, known as the Sprint Fidelsi, to see their doctors to make sure it has not developed a fracture that can make the device misread heart-rhythm data.

Medtronic Inc. has suspended distribution of its Sprint Fidelis defibrillation leads after identifying five patient deaths in which a lead fracture may have been a contributing factor.

A defibrillator monitors a patient's heartbeat; if it senses an abnormal heart rhythm, it delivers an electronic shock to reset the heart to a normal beat. A defibrillation system consists of a device implanted near the shoulder with one or more leads connecting the device to the heart.

An influential senator is raising new questions about payments made to spine surgeons by Medtronic, one of the nation's largest makers of medical devices.

Medtronic, which reached a $40 million settlement last year with the federal government over accusations that the company has paid illegal kickbacks to doctors for using its spinal devices, has continued to pay doctors millions of dollars in consulting fees, according to a lawyer representing a whistle-blower involved in the case.

O'Steen & Harrison, PLC presently is investigating legal claims on behalf of those injured by defective Medtronic defibrillator leads.

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