St. Jude Medical’s Durata Defibrillator “Immune” to Riata Flaws?

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St. Jude Medical’s Durata implantable cardiac defibrillator leads should be “relatively immune” to the problems that led to a recall for the medical device company’s Riata ICD leads, according to a cardiologist who helped bring the Riata problems to light. St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) pulled its Riata implantable cardiac defibrillator leads in 2010 after mounting evidence suggested that the Riata leads were prone to abrading through their insulation. The move cast a pall over over St. Jude’s newer ICD lead offerings, the Riata ST Optim and Durata leads.

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