Guidant Corporation : heart implants and patient trust (A) / John P. Anderson, Loren P. Eggleton, James S. O'Rourke.
On June 17, 2005, medical device maker Guidant Corporation announced a recall of 50,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators due to flaws in the devices. These devices are designed to correct a chaotic and deadly type of heart rhythm. This recall was expanded to include 109,000 ICDs and another r...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | SAGE Knowledge. Cases.
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| Online Access: | SAGE |
| Summary: | On June 17, 2005, medical device maker Guidant Corporation announced a recall of 50,000 implantable cardioverter defibrillators due to flaws in the devices. These devices are designed to correct a chaotic and deadly type of heart rhythm. This recall was expanded to include 109,000 ICDs and another recall affected Guidants pacemaker products. These problems brought an impending acquisition by Johnson & Johnson into question, and created patient concerns about the integrity and honesty of the company. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Anderson, J. P., Eggleton, L. J., & ORourke, J. S. (2006). Guidant Corporation: Heart implants and patient trust (A). 06-08 (A). Notre Dame, IN: The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 1526404737 9781526404732 |