Vitality 2 DR Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator

Vitality 2 DR ICD

In a “Dear Doctor” letter dated April 5, 2007 and posted on its website, Boston Scientific Corporation notified healthcare professionals that some of its implantable cardiac defibrillators, known as ICDs, and resynchronization therapy defibrillators, known as CRT-Ds, contain batteries that may deplete early. According to the company, while no deaths or personal injuries have been reported as a result of this battery defect, accelerated battery depletion was found to have occurred in 19 of approximately 73,000 devices in the company’s Vitality and Contak Renewal® ICD and CRT-D lines, or about two percent of the devices on the global market.

Vitality 2 DR Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator, Model T165 is included in this recall.