Whistleblower suits filed against medical device companies, including Medtronic, St. Jude Medical - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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A Houston court unsealed documents relateds to the legal complaintson Tuesday. Other companies named in the suitincludde , a Natick, Mass.-baseds firm with operations in Maple Grovee and Arden Hills, and , of San Calif. Endoscopic has agreed to pay $1.4 milliohn to settle a claim filed bythe U.S. Justic Department. Fridley-based Medtronic said in a statement that the unsealinf of the document isa "normal step in the proces set forth in the statutee for the handling of these kindsz of cases." "As with all litigatiomn matters, this case will run its course througu the judicial process, wherre Medtronic will file its responses and argus its positions," the company stated.
Officials from Bostojn Scientific andLittle Canada-based St. Jude Medicalp couldn’t immediately be reached for commenWednesday morning. The recent allegation accuse the device companies of marketing products used to removed scar tissue as treatments foratrial fibrillation, an abnormalk heart rhythm. Federal regulators had not approved the use of the devicex as a means to addressatrial fibrillation.