St. Jude Medical Recalls Heart Implant Tool

St. Jude Medical has recalled the AMPLATZER TorqVue FX Delivery System, a tool that is used to to help mend a type of heart defect that causes holes in the upper chambers of the heart. The FDA is classifying the action as a Class I recall, meaning that patients treated with the devices could be seriously injured or killed.

The recall comes after a small number of incidents in which the delivery system's wire fractured during surgery. The recalled devices were manufactured between August 24 and September 24 of 2012.

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