STJ lead recall, any info on this?

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The main St Jude lead failure and design flaw compared to their competitors is the insulation failure in all of the St Jude lead design. All lead wires rest inside the inner tubing (4 to 8 wires) regardless of model and application. these micro wires are not separated and touch each other not like the other competitors design. The micro wire insulation coating is so thin, it can actually read Ohms through the insulation with a multi-meter; this causes intermittent shorts as the wires bend. This is the most common failure and issue with St Jude Medical leads today.
 






anonymous said:
The main St Jude lead failure and design flaw compared to their competitors is the insulation failure in all of the St Jude lead design. All lead wires rest inside the inner tubing (4 to 8 wires) regardless of model and application. these micro wires are not separated and touch each other not like the other competitors design. The micro wire insulation coating is so thin, it can actually read Ohms through the insulation with a multi-meter; this causes intermittent shorts as the wires bend. This is the most common failure and issue with St Jude Medical leads today.
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... what a pile of bs! Where did you get your electro tec. knowledge from? The used care sales rep school?
 






ummm it is either the used car sales school or the latest article in Heart rhythm....based on PPR and Maude, Durata is slightly outperforming the worst lead in history... Fidelis at 72 months. Walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...it's a ...
 






riata didnt have any perf issues at all... next thing ya know soft tip added...

durata doesnt have any externalization issues doc... but optisure comes out with insulation under the coil... how convenient
 






anonymous said:
The main St Jude lead failure and design flaw compared to their competitors is the insulation failure in all of the St Jude lead design. All lead wires rest inside the inner tubing (4 to 8 wires) regardless of model and application. these micro wires are not separated and touch each other not like the other competitors design. The micro wire insulation coating is so thin, it can actually read Ohms through the insulation with a multi-meter; this causes intermittent shorts as the wires bend. This is the most common failure and issue with St Jude Medical leads today.
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Whoahhhh...... I sure hope you are a rep in my area.
 






anonymous said:
The main St Jude lead failure and design flaw compared to their competitors is the insulation failure in all of the St Jude lead design. All lead wires rest inside the inner tubing (4 to 8 wires) regardless of model and application. these micro wires are not separated and touch each other not like the other competitors design. The micro wire insulation coating is so thin, it can actually read Ohms through the insulation with a multi-meter; this causes intermittent shorts as the wires bend. This is the most common failure and issue with St Jude Medical leads today.
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**The referred leads are for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and (DBS).
 






anonymous said:
The main St Jude lead failure and design flaw compared to their competitors is the insulation failure in all of the St Jude lead design. All lead wires rest inside the inner tubing (4 to 8 wires) regardless of model and application. these micro wires are not separated and touch each other not like the other competitors design. The micro wire insulation coating is so thin, it can actually read Ohms through the insulation with a multi-meter; this causes intermittent shorts as the wires bend. This is the most common failure and issue with St Jude Medical leads today.
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Major factor with engineer layoff. Nothing done about it.
 


















anonymous said:
As a customer this is disturbing....
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This description of the issue is so oversimplified that it is incorrect. The person quoting this statement is obviously regurgitating what he/she has heard and obviously has a lack of understanding since it is articulated incorrectly. A commercial sales forum is the last place I would go to get technical insight.
 






anonymous said:
This description of the issue is so oversimplified that it is incorrect. The person quoting this statement is obviously regurgitating what he/she has heard and obviously has a lack of understanding since it is articulated incorrectly. A commercial sales forum is the last place I would go to get technical insight.
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Articulated incorrectly? So what is the correct description of the defect since you have just implicated you have firsthand knowledge....?
 












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