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IMPLANTS: BREAST AND DEFIBRILLATORS

Breast Implant and Defibrillator Lawyers

Cincinnati, Ohio

Although you had the best surgeon in town perform your implant surgery, if the device that was implanted is defective, you will need the services of an experienced defective product attorney. Please contact us immediately by calling 513-241-7111 or click here for a FREE evaluation of your potential claim.

Two of the most common implant surgeries today are breast implants and heart defibrillators.

Breast implant surgery has become one of the more popular types of reconstructive and body augmentation surgery. Two types of implant devices are used, silicone breast implants and saline breast implants.

Silicone breast implants have been suspected of causing cancer, autoimmune disorders and other ailments since the late 1980s. Many women complain of chronic headaches and fatigue, pain in muscles and joints, rashes and hair loss that they claim are caused by silicone breast implants.

In several high profile lawsuits, silicone implant manufacturers like Dow Corning were accused of marketing the breast implants with knowledge of these health hazards. The FDA has since restricted the use of silicone implants.

If you were recipient of a Dow Implant but have not received a settlement, contact the law firm of O’Connor Acciani & Levy, LLC as soon as possible. Call 513-241-7111 or email us for a FREE evaluation of your case by an experienced personal injury attorney.

Guidant Heart Defibrillators

On April 12, 2007, heart defibrillator manufacturer Guidant, in conjunction with the FDA issued a Class I (urgent) defibrillator recall due to faulty capacitors draining defibrillator batteries. This recall affects about 73,000 devices and includes the following models:

• Guidant Prizm 2 DR
• Guidant Contak Renewal and Contak Renewal 2
• Guidant Ventak Prizm AVT
• Guidant Vitality AVT
• Guidant Renewal 3 AVT and Renewal 4 AVT ICDs

Within the past five years, Guidant has recalled thousands of defibrillators due to a short circuit problem and capacitor malfunctions similar to this month’s recall.

Guidant heart defibrillators are electronic devices implanted in patients at risk of heart disease, that regulate erratic heartbeats with tiny electric currents. In earlier models, wiring errors may short circuit the device, causing malfunctions that may seriously injure the patient.

To reduce the risk of malfunction, have your doctor service these three models: Guidant Prizm AVT, Vitality AVT and Renewal AVT. The other two pacemakers in this recall, Prizm 2 DR and Contak Renewal, must be replaced in order to remove the risk of defibrillator heart attack.

Consult your doctor and schedule three month checkups to ensure that your device is working properly, particularly if you are at high risk of defibrillator heart attack.

If you or someone you know has a Guidant heart defibrillator implanted, please contact a defibrillator recall attorney at the law firm of O’Connor Acciani & Levy, LLC by calling 513-241-7111 or click here to submit your potential claim.