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Reuse of heart pacemakers and defibrillators

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From: (Argentina) Date: 2 November 2004, 00:39 [GMT]
Subject: Reuse of heart pacemakers and defibrillators

Is there any documented experience of resterilization of these active medical products and their reuse in the same patient?

From: (Israel) Date: 3 November 2004, 13:39 [GMT]
Subject: Re: Reuse of heart pacemakers and defibrillators

Dear Helga

Reuse of pacemakers and defibrillators is not a recommended practice. According to the FDA regulations it is totally forbidden.
The only article about this practice I could find are quite old. For example:
Havia et al, The reuse of previously implanted pacemakers, Scandinavian J. Thorc. Cardiovasc., Urg. Suppl. 22-23, 1978

Regards,
Yaffa Raz

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