Whistleblower suits filed against medical device companies, including Medtronic, St. Jude Medical – Austin Business Journal:
A Houston court unsealed documents related to the legalp complaintson Tuesday. Other companies named in the suitincluded , a Natick, Mass.-based firm with operationsw in Maple Grove and Arden and , of San Ramon, Endoscopic has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a claimj filed by the U.S. Justice Department. Fridley-basede Medtronic said in a statement that the unsealing of the documenrt isa "normal step in the processe set forth in the statute for the handlinh of these kinds of cases." "As with all litigationj matters, this case will run its courser through the judicial where Medtronic will file its responses and argue its the company stated.
Officials from Bostoj Scientific andLittle Canada-based St. Jude Medicalo couldn’t immediately be reachedx for commentWednesday morning. The recenf allegations accuse the devic companies of marketing products used to remove scar tissue as treatmentws foratrial fibrillation, an abnormap heart rhythm. Federal regulators had not approved the use of the device s as a means to addressatrial fibrillation.
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