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Oct 9, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger

Medtronic-made defibrillator stops bullet, saves life

Full story: Twincities.com

Defibrillators usually save people by delivering jolts, not absorbing them. But doctors in Florida are reporting the case of a 61-year-old gunshot victim who was spared more serious injury when the bullet lodged in his implantable cardiac defibrillator.

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Labratt

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These are trained professionals. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
Peter Manos

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In the early 1970s Corotomic tested a Plutonium 236 Model C 101 by fireing, at point blank range, a 30-30 rifle shot to demonstrate the safty of the power sourse encapsulation. Just a little history...P.
The Big Bopper

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Wow... great story!
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good thing they are made of titanium.
sayagain

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Oct 6, 2009
 
n 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.
Aaron

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Oct 6, 2009
 
Now there is an advertisement!
mesabi69

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Oct 7, 2009
 
WTF- Nothing on how he got shot? This is half of a story. I'll bet the perp thought he shot Superman.
John StPaul

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A great example of off label use. Wonder what the FDA will have to say about that?
Sam

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Medtronic WILL be investigated by the FDA to determine IF they recommending the usage.
John StPaul wrote:
A great example of off label use. Wonder what the FDA will have to say about that?
Labratt

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Sam wrote:
Medtronic WILL be investigated by the FDA to determine IF they recommending the usage.
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If a bullet penetrates the next one, the guy will be up to his armpits in contingency lawyers.
Not as delusional as you

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Labratt wrote:
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If a bullet penetrates the next one, the guy will be up to his armpits in contingency lawyers.
What's next? Defibrilator piercing ammunition?
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Good thing he didn't go into VF because of the trauma. That would have been unfortunate.
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Matt wrote:
Good thing he didn't go into VF because of the trauma. That would have been unfortunate.
I was thinking more along the lines of an exothermic reaction with the blood and battery components. That would hurt.
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