NSM in Dallas, TX

One of the more brilliant posts I have ever seen. Bravo. You did make yourself look a little stupid for mentioning that your still own stock in this Enron-esque nightmare of a company... Double digits?

I left in 2008 and kept thinking the stock would get back into the $20+, who knew that the crap of the previous 2.5 years would continue. The remaining stock I had from the ESPP was in BSC stock and I wish I had sold it at $10. I agree, double digits may be a pipe dream. Sell it, take the loss, write it off and be done with it.
 






Dear ortho boy,
The fact you are on this thread tells me you are still angry over being RIF'd. Also I love the four letter words. Show cases your class. I knew you were weak. You are one of those babies that cry about call. Im so happy that if one of your crap joints get locked at 2 am, you get paid to bring in the WD40. I want to tell you if you think any of us felt anything but sorrow for Josh you are crazy. At that time he was the third device to show this malfunction. At that moment in time industry was too slow to report and hindsight is allows 20-20. Those who made mistakes have paid dearly as they should. I am glad that most of us in this sector now put pt's first. It's about time. I agree with all of that and that is not the point here. As for all the DOJ crap tell me one company, your new loser company included, that is not dealing with these same issues. See you know just enough to make yourself look credible to those not on the inside. I will only tell you that only a handful of people were responsible and that the vast majority worked very very hard to do the right thing. Getting rid of those responsible was only the start. We have made massive changes to R&D and continue to work to make devices as close to 100% reliable as possible. All 3 major players in this sector have recalled thousands of devices in the past 5 years as you may know so pointing out only ours is another sign of your bitterness.

By the way, since you are so into facts please let us know which company you work for and I will personally research your crap products and let everyone know all about them.

I'm not the previous poster but I work for MDT. We have an issue with Fidelis. Its a big deal. We don't sell it anymore. How do you feel selling products that you wouldn't have implanted in yourself or your family. I'll tell you how you feel; Indifferent ! Because you have sacrificed your dignity for your paycheck. You are the worst kind of rep, scared to leave because you wont find a job, scared of the truth so you wont challenge your company. Yet you come on here with balls of steel. You are a little man
 












I'm not the previous poster but I work for MDT. We have an issue with Fidelis. Its a big deal. We don't sell it anymore. How do you feel selling products that you wouldn't have implanted in yourself or your family. I'll tell you how you feel; Indifferent ! Because you have sacrificed your dignity for your paycheck. You are the worst kind of rep, scared to leave because you wont find a job, scared of the truth so you wont challenge your company. Yet you come on here with balls of steel. You are a little man

Are you speaking of the most reliable lead in the history of this industry??? What are you talking about? Your 3 1/2 year crtd?? Are you serious?? mdt has recalled hundreds of thousands of devices in the past 18 months. Please. You have NOTHING to say here. Go try to get that helix to come out of that quattro.
 






Are you speaking of the most reliable lead in the history of this industry??? What are you talking about? Your 3 1/2 year crtd?? Are you serious?? mdt has recalled hundreds of thousands of devices in the past 18 months. Please. You have NOTHING to say here. Go try to get that helix to come out of that quattro.


Like I said little man, you wouldn't let anybody you love have a device you sell. Still you've already demonstrated your willingness to sell products you know kill people. Sleep well !!!!!!
 






Like I said little man, you wouldn't let anybody you love have a device you sell. Still you've already demonstrated your willingness to sell products you know kill people. Sleep well !!!!!!

Wow. I would hate for a pt to see what you are saying, especially since you are spewing lies. Out of respect to pt's I will not say how many deaths are associated with Fidelis, but its 3 digits. Please come with facts. Get out of here. You are pathetic. Again look at the ppr results for the reliance family tachy leads. You are not even in the same league with ANY of your pathetic leads. Too much Kool aid for you little boy blue. All mdt leads suck.
 






Wow. I would hate for a pt to see what you are saying, especially since you are spewing lies. Out of respect to pt's I will not say how many deaths are associated with Fidelis, but its 3 digits. Please come with facts. Get out of here. You are pathetic. Again look at the ppr results for the reliance family tachy leads. You are not even in the same league with ANY of your pathetic leads. Too much Kool aid for you little boy blue. All mdt leads suck.

Hey Tiny..No Kool aid here. Patients know there is a problem with Fidelis they have been informed, spot the difference little man. Whats more is that they should know that there are devices on the market that wouldn't be implanted by the douche bags selling them. I'm happy to tell patients I'd have a MDT device in me or my family, pity you can't say the same. Or can you? Go on I dare you to say it. You can't because you'd be even more of a laughing stock than you already are... Let me know when you need one, I'll get you a little discount.Which judging by the bile in your messages wont be too long. Speak soon........:)
 






I'm happy to tell patients I'd have a MDT device in me or my family, pity you can't say the same. Or can you? Go on I dare you to say it. You can't because you'd be even more of a laughing stock than you already are...


You'd be happy to implant a Marquis with a Fidelis in your family? Do you hate them and want them to die of sudden death?


Fidelis failure rate for wires breaking is around 4% right now and will probably hit 10% by the time this is done. That's gonna be well over 10,000 people who's lead breaks inside of them. Not to mention early and unexpected battery depletion of their Marquis.


Seriously, don't kid yourself. Fidelis is the worst disaster of any ICD product.

What's the worst pacemaker disaster? I'm not sure, either Telectronics Accufix or Cordis
pacemakers of the early 1980's.

Any other votes?
 






Hey Tiny..No Kool aid here. Patients know there is a problem with Fidelis they have been informed, spot the difference little man. Whats more is that they should know that there are devices on the market that wouldn't be implanted by the douche bags selling them. I'm happy to tell patients I'd have a MDT device in me or my family, pity you can't say the same. Or can you? Go on I dare you to say it. You can't because you'd be even more of a laughing stock than you already are... Let me know when you need one, I'll get you a little discount.Which judging by the bile in your messages wont be too long. Speak soon........:)


Waste of time arguing with little boy blue. We have communicated every trend we find after a few. mdt reports after 60 or so. Basically when you find the time. You totally ignored the facts. You have single handedly given the industry its deadliest and biggest disaster to date and all you can say is "pts know there is a problem". You need to be shut down. Later little boy blue.
 






Waste of time arguing with little boy blue. We have communicated every trend we find after a few. mdt reports after 60 or so. Basically when you find the time. You totally ignored the facts. You have single handedly given the industry its deadliest and biggest disaster to date and all you can say is "pts know there is a problem". You need to be shut down. Later little boy



Look. You made changes to a device, didn't inform anybody until the NYT broke the news. Cognis and Teligen are falling apart now, you've stuck a bit of extra super glue on so well done you. I agree Fidelis is a disaster its been pulled so nobody is going to get another.
If I needed a device tomorrow I'd have a MDT device. Nobody in our Business would have a BSX device, simple. Have a good w/e.. BTW I was at GDT for 16 years so I understand your loyalty it's just misplaced.
 






You'd be happy to implant a Marquis with a Fidelis in your family? Do you hate them and want them to die of sudden death?


Fidelis failure rate for wires breaking is around 4% right now and will probably hit 10% by the time this is done. That's gonna be well over 10,000 people who's lead breaks inside of them. Not to mention early and unexpected battery depletion of their Marquis.


Seriously, don't kid yourself. Fidelis is the worst disaster of any ICD product.

What's the worst pacemaker disaster? I'm not sure, either Telectronics Accufix or Cordis
pacemakers of the early 1980's.

Any other votes?


Marquis Fidelis? What are you talking about.? Have you been in a time capsule? . You need to update you competitor knowledge. I'll give you a clue. We don't sell them anymore.

Worst disaster? Not for the impact on patients but for the health of the device business was GDT 2005. The summer allowed STJ into accounts they were locked out of. What followed was the destruction of margins, quality and everything that was good about 2 companies going head to head .. That was MDT vs GDT still c'est la vie
 






Dear ortho boy,
The fact you are on this thread tells me you are still angry over being RIF'd. Also I love the four letter words. Show cases your class. I knew you were weak. You are one of those babies that cry about call. Im so happy that if one of your crap joints get locked at 2 am, you get paid to bring in the WD40. I want to tell you if you think any of us felt anything but sorrow for Josh you are crazy. At that time he was the third device to show this malfunction. At that moment in time industry was too slow to report and hindsight is allows 20-20. Those who made mistakes have paid dearly as they should. I am glad that most of us in this sector now put pt's first. It's about time. I agree with all of that and that is not the point here. As for all the DOJ crap tell me one company, your new loser company included, that is not dealing with these same issues. See you know just enough to make yourself look credible to those not on the inside. I will only tell you that only a handful of people were responsible and that the vast majority worked very very hard to do the right thing. Getting rid of those responsible was only the start. We have made massive changes to R&D and continue to work to make devices as close to 100% reliable as possible. All 3 major players in this sector have recalled thousands of devices in the past 5 years as you may know so pointing out only ours is another sign of your bitterness.

By the way, since you are so into facts please let us know which company you work for and I will personally research your crap products and let everyone know all about them.

Again, d bag, no crying, left of my own free will and good judgment, don't expect you to understand since you have neither. You know just enough to get yourself in trouble running your mouth, but little more. It wasn't just a few people, it was a systemic problem, that's why it has taken so long and BSC still hasn't succeeded in making it more than a few months without issues. Now read this closely, no bitterness, it's really more of a feeling of sorrow for you and more so for the patients that have had a shitty recalled device replaced with a 2nd shitty recalled device, but only found out after the fact because they were waiting on a "trend". Also, don't talk to me about class, or being weak, or any other stupid remark about Burger King or McDonalds or the speculative bullshit you keep spewing. Let's talk about products, "trends", recalls, advisories, Fred McCoy, Richie Sanders, Guido, and all the rest of the v-neck sweater vest douche bags who made millions off of that steaming pile of shit BSC bought. Ok, you got me, a little bitter about being lied to repeatedly, but I think that's justified.

Oh, and I have my own distributorship, so I guess I work for myself. But you keep trying to make yourself look better by trying to make everyone else look like shit, that sounds about right if you are in the 6th grade or work for BSC.
 






Again, d bag, no crying, left of my own free will and good judgment, don't expect you to understand since you have neither. You know just enough to get yourself in trouble running your mouth, but little more. It wasn't just a few people, it was a systemic problem, that's why it has taken so long and BSC still hasn't succeeded in making it more than a few months without issues. Now read this closely, no bitterness, it's really more of a feeling of sorrow for you and more so for the patients that have had a shitty recalled device replaced with a 2nd shitty recalled device, but only found out after the fact because they were waiting on a "trend". Also, don't talk to me about class, or being weak, or any other stupid remark about Burger King or McDonalds or the speculative bullshit you keep spewing. Let's talk about products, "trends", recalls, advisories, Fred McCoy, Richie Sanders, Guido, and all the rest of the v-neck sweater vest douche bags who made millions off of that steaming pile of shit BSC bought. Ok, you got me, a little bitter about being lied to repeatedly, but I think that's justified.

Oh, and I have my own distributorship, so I guess I work for myself. But you keep trying to make yourself look better by trying to make everyone else look like shit, that sounds about right if you are in the 6th grade or work for BSC.

You'll have to excuse the BSC d-bag who thinks BSC is the greatest thing since sliced bread, you have to remember he's inhaled way too much super glue from all the extra glue that was used to put the McCognis and McTeligen back together again.
 






Nice try. See headers have had this issue since creation of this technology across ALL companies. THE DIFFERENCE IS WE REPORT EVERYTHING. The stj reports nothing and mdt reports however after there have been 40 or 50 occurances. Do you realize we reported this after 2 occurances??? Also the fix for Europe occured at the same time as the fix in the US. So your theory is flawed. I know of several sub pec implanters that have not seen this. So again we over communicate while the rest of you wait and hide with your problems praying that no one ask questions. I see so many repeated issues especially with stj that customers ask if this is happening elsewhere. Why do they ask? Because stj reports nothing and as I said hopes and prays that judgement day never comes. Pioneers take the arrows. Remember who created this technology. However you are not likely in this business and know nothing of what I speak.

Over communicate my ass. I personally sent a Teligen back with a detached header. At the time I was still working for the company. The physician wanted a report and I called it in requesting a report be sent ASAP. Two months later I left the company....physician never received a report of the failed device...in fact, we called and it was told to us that they had no record of the said device ever making it back for analysis. Nice....where I'd your head bsx rep? Up your ass? Bsx is a total pos company. End of story.
 






Over communicate my ass. I personally sent a Teligen back with a detached header. At the time I was still working for the company. The physician wanted a report and I called it in requesting a report be sent ASAP. Two months later I left the company....physician never received a report of the failed device...in fact, we called and it was told to us that they had no record of the said device ever making it back for analysis. Nice....where I'd your head bsx rep? Up your ass? Bsx is a total pos company. End of story.

So what crap do you sell now?? like the others too ashamed to admit. I hear the new revo is the bomb!! Already stacking up the perfs and deaths. Nice job. And you gotta love the perfalata, comes in two degrading and perfing models now. Nice try loser.
 






Again, d bag, no crying, left of my own free will and good judgment, don't expect you to understand since you have neither. You know just enough to get yourself in trouble running your mouth, but little more. It wasn't just a few people, it was a systemic problem, that's why it has taken so long and BSC still hasn't succeeded in making it more than a few months without issues. Now read this closely, no bitterness, it's really more of a feeling of sorrow for you and more so for the patients that have had a shitty recalled device replaced with a 2nd shitty recalled device, but only found out after the fact because they were waiting on a "trend". Also, don't talk to me about class, or being weak, or any other stupid remark about Burger King or McDonalds or the speculative bullshit you keep spewing. Let's talk about products, "trends", recalls, advisories, Fred McCoy, Richie Sanders, Guido, and all the rest of the v-neck sweater vest douche bags who made millions off of that steaming pile of shit BSC bought. Ok, you got me, a little bitter about being lied to repeatedly, but I think that's justified.

Oh, and I have my own distributorship, so I guess I work for myself. But you keep trying to make yourself look better by trying to make everyone else look like shit, that sounds about right if you are in the 6th grade or work for BSC.

Ortho boy have a nice life. you are starting to bore me. Have fun distributing your junk.
 






Waste of time arguing with little boy blue. We have communicated every trend we find after a few. mdt reports after 60 or so. Basically when you find the time. You totally ignored the facts. You have single handedly given the industry its deadliest and biggest disaster to date and all you can say is "pts know there is a problem". You need to be shut down. Later little boy



Look. You made changes to a device, didn't inform anybody until the NYT broke the news. Cognis and Teligen are falling apart now, you've stuck a bit of extra super glue on so well done you. I agree Fidelis is a disaster its been pulled so nobody is going to get another.
If I needed a device tomorrow I'd have a MDT device. Nobody in our Business would have a BSX device, simple. Have a good w/e.. BTW I was at GDT for 16 years so I understand your loyalty it's just misplaced.

No way id get a mdt, just my opinion. Seriously the longevity is poor (except single chamber icd's) and there is an issue with quattro's helix albeit its not that big of a deal. If you take an honest look at ppr's you will see that the Reliance is by far the safest and most reliable shock lead ever. Its true c/t has had many changes however all for the good. St j not even in the discussion. They reveal and report NOTHING. I will say id take a mdt over stj anyday. The durata is almost as bad as the riata.
 






Ortho boy have a nice life. you are starting to bore me. Have fun distributing your junk.

Thanks, I will, I can see how the truth would bore someone that works for that shit ass company of yours. Thanks for proving the point that BSC is a shit company by just calling names and not responding with anything of substance. But hey, if I had to spend my days peddling those shitty recalled devices, I would avoid substance too.
 






Thanks, I will, I can see how the truth would bore someone that works for that shit ass company of yours. Thanks for proving the point that BSC is a shit company by just calling names and not responding with anything of substance. But hey, if I had to spend my days peddling those shitty recalled devices, I would avoid substance too.

It's called "watch the birdie" spin sales training. Physician, "hey, fuckboy bsx rep, the header fell off the device on my pt". Fuckboy bsx rep, "maybe, but did you see the You Tube coverage on the Japan crisis. Now that is really serious".
 






It's called "watch the birdie" spin sales training. Physician, "hey, fuckboy bsx rep, the header fell off the device on my pt". Fuckboy bsx rep, "maybe, but did you see the You Tube coverage on the Japan crisis. Now that is really serious".

Hey tard, this header crap is sooooo old. Do your homework. Loose headers have been part of this industry for all vendors. First of all we all know how much of a tard you are because headers dont "come off". They were sub pec and found to be loose at explant. The only loose headers in my territory were from other vendors. You'd also know this if you were really in this industry (prob another pharma begging to get into the game), but phys typically pull on the header to get devices out of the pocket. Someday when its go to work with your daddy day you will see how scarred in these devices can be and how difficult they can be to get out of the pocket. Of course if I were your dad Id keep you in the closet with your potty mouth. Anyway do you want to talk about perfs, lead degredatation, battery malfunction, lead dislodgments or any other real issue????? I thought not.