The Medtronic Sprint Quattro Secure S lead is designed with an 8.6 French diameter lead body (approximately 2.8 millimeters in diameter). A thin wire inserted into the chambers of the heart through blood vessels, the lead is compatible with any Medtronic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D), which are stopwatch-sized devices that administer electrical shocks or painless pacing therapy to stop dangerous ventricular arrhythmias.
“I prefer a single coil lead for my patients and am looking forward to having this new option available,” said Michael Lincoln, M.D., with Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring and NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. “Based on my own clinical experience and the breadth of long-term clinical performance data, I believe the Sprint Quattro family of defibrillation leads is highly reliable.”
“The Sprint Quattro family of defibrillation leads is highly respected in the cardiac community,” said Pat Mackin, president of the Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management business and senior vice president at Medtronic. “We are pleased the FDA has approved this single coil option, which gives physicians another choice in order to deliver the appropriate treatment to each individual patient.”
In conjunction with this introduction, Medtronic is extending its defibrillation lead warranty to a lifetime limited warranty, which covers all defibrillation leads implanted in the United States on or after Dec. 1, 2008. Under the lifetime warranty, Medtronic will provide a replacement lead at no charge if the lead does not perform according to specification and meets other specified warranty criteria. It also will reimburse patients for certain unreimbursed medical expenses in the amount specified in the warranty. Defibrillation leads implanted before Dec. 1, 2008 are covered by Medtronic’s current five-year limited warranty. Medtronic has offered a lifetime limited warranty on pacing leads in the United States since 1984.
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