Re: Boston Scientific Stimulator

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This is the second Spinal Cord Stimulator form Boston
Scientic that I had. The first one , which had a 5 year
warrananty, lasted a little over 2 years. They replaced it
and deemed it to be a mechanical malfunction and replcaed it
this past April 2011 with a "better unit". The unit has not
been right -eventhe "trial Stim" got disconnected and I went
running back to the hospital and was never told- They
proceeded with the Implant a week later and the Stimulator
is malfunctioning. It is a short - cutting in and out- not
a "positional change" and they are making me wait 1 1/2
weeks for a Bio Engineer at their company- to take a look at
the down loaded program for me . Does anyone know a good
Product Liability Lawyer?
On 3/18/11, Concerned wrote:
> My son had a Boston Scientific Spinal Stimulator, this was
> his 2nd one, the 1st one malfunctioned & they replaced it.
> Last Sunday we had been to church & after church we
stopped
> at Taco Bell & all of a sudden he said this thing is
> messing with my breathing & started jerking like he was
> having a seizure, I looked up & he was blue in his face.
> The machine was malfunctioning & caused every muscle in
his
> body to spasm, including his diapharm which caused him not
> to be able to breathe. We called Ambulance. This thing had
> been malfunctioning for 4-5 days, rep came prior & even
> deleted all the programs, still kept firing, the leads
> migrated down 4-5 disc spaces & lodged in the nerve root,
> he had been to ER twice before this. Boston Scientific
kept
> trying to blame it on something else. Our ER did not have
a
> Neuro Surgeon that could remove it, we took him to
> Vanderbilt in Nashville Tn. last Monday they removed it,
> the surgeon said it was difficult for it had lodged, they
> could not take some leads out, but they got everything
else
> out, paddles, battery etc.... The surgeon even was shocked
> and this caused the surgery to take even longer. I forgot
> how many volts it was sending but it was unbelievable.
They
> told him he could have all sorts of problems because of
> this thing, like heart problems due to so much
> volts,paralysis, his left leg drags now, etc...
> Watch out if they take it out DO NOT LET THEM GIVE THE
UNIT
> BACK TO THE REPS, if they get it they will make up some
> ridiculous story about it was lost etc... Sounds like they
> already know how that thing can kill someone.
> I was a Paramedic for years & I had seen alot of seizures
> in my line of work, but I had never seen anybodys body do
> what his did as this thing malfunctioned, he was in so
much
> pain anything they laid him on became wet, he sweated so
> bad from the pain, his heart rate was sky high, B/P was
> high, this thing almost killed him and it took 5 days
> before we found a DR that would/could remove it.Also when
> that thing was firing every muscle in his body, including
> his diaphram, was as hard as concrete. This is just a
piece
> of what he went through.
> I am telling you this to try to prevent anyone else from
> having to go thru this & to try & save a life, because if
> this had been an older person I do believe they would have
> had a heart attack from it & died.
> So, Please stay away from the spinal/neuro stimulators,
> they are very, very dangerous.
> Sincerely, concerned mother