Friedman v. Medtronic, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLatham, J.
On July 10, 1963, a Medtronic model 58-60 implantable pacemaker was surgically placed inside the plaintiff’s body. The purpose of the pacemaker was to provide an electrical charge to the plaintiff’s heart to enable the heart to beat at a regular rate. In September of 1963 the pacemaker ceased to trigger heart contractions. X rays showed that there was a break in the cardiac electro lead approximately at the point the lead entered the heart muscle. The problem was corrected through operative procedure whereby the pacemaker was changed from bi-polar to uni-polar operation, a change contemplated…
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