Class I Medtronic Defibrillator Recall Associated With Faulty Capacitor
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medtronic acknowledges it underestimated an ICD capacitor problem in 1999 now at the root of the firm's decision to recall two defibrillator product lines
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