Guidant Failures and Warnings

Guidant acknowledged it may have more problems than previously recognized concerning their pacemakers. The Guidant news story has been busy in the news because of it's pending sale and bidding between J&J and Boston Scientific. Last year Guidant issued a recall on some of its pacemakers, but cast a wider net on which ones may need to be replaced since a different batch of devices may also be faulty. The release letter from guidant can be downloaded here. Read about it in the Chicago Tribune.