Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) last month cautioned surgeons to be careful not to implant its Activa deep-brain stimulation devices with sharply bent or kinked wires, after receiving reports of wire fracture.
In a June letter to physicians, Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic said it learned of 16 instances of high impedance measurements that were later found to be caused by wire fractures. The fractures, in adaptor wires connected to pocket adaptors for the Activa PC and Activa RC devices.
