Posted by: MedCityNews.com; Author: Arundhati Parmar
The Class I recall of the two Riata defibrillator leads from St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) highlighted the issue of lead abrasion and insulation, but both those leads don’t have St. Jude Medical’s Optim technology. When lead abrasion occurs, it can cause the electrical conductors inside leads to come out of the insulation.
Optim is a silicone polyurethane hybrid developed by the Minnesota medical device technology specifically to prevent lead abrasion, explained St. Jude spokeswoman Amy Jo Meyer, and is available in the Riata ST Optim and the Durataleads. More than 250,000 Riata ST Optim and Durata leads have been sold worldwide and were not part of the recall. Read Full Article Here
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