“We take a patient-first approach to assessing the applicability of every recall and communicate to regulatory bodies in all geographies where the recalled device is sold,” Boston Scientific said in a statement to ICIJ. “We have coordinated several recalls across many countries in a timely manner,” the company said, adding that it complies with all national laws, which can often vary and require different processes for reporting information or taking action on recalls. The company said it uses a rigorous and uniform process to take action on recalls and that “when we initiate a field action (e.g. recall, safety alert), every customer who has received an affected product receives a communication that includes a letter for the physician.”
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Product Description
Guidant INSIGNIA I Entra-- family of pacemakers includes the following: SSI (model numbers 0484 and 0485); DDD (models 0985, 0986); SR (models 1195, 1198); and DR (models1294, 1295, 1296). --Intermedics NEXUS Entra--family of pacemakers includes the following: SSI (model 1326); DDD (model 1426); SR (model 1398) and DR (model 1466, 1494). --The INSIGNIA I Entra pacemakers are multiprogrammable pacemakers from Guidant. -----The NEXUS I Entra pacemakers are multiprogrammable pacemakers from Intermedics. Guidant Corporation, Cardiac Rhythm Management, 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. or Intermedics, Inc., 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55112-5798 USA. Quantities Distributed by model are as follows: INSIGNIA ENTRA SSI model 484=704 devices, model 485 = 10; DDD model 985 = 13, model 986 = 779; SR model 1195 = 393, model 1198 = 2,693; DR model 1294 = 2,029, model 1295 = 439, model 1296 = 2,361; NEXUS ENTRA SSI model 1326 = 55; DDD model 1426 = 7; SR model 1395 = 45, 1398 = 117; DR model 1466 = 264, model 1494 = 46, model 1495 = 17.