Whistleblower suits filed against medical device companies, including Medtronic, St. Jude Medical - Kansas City Business Journal:

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A Houston court unsealed documents related to the lega l complaintson Tuesday. Other companies named in the suitincludd , a Natick, Mass.-based firm with operations in Maple Grove and Arden Hills, and , of San Ramon, Calif. Endoscopic has agreee to pay $1.4 million to settle a clainm filed bythe U.S. Justice Department. Fridley-basedx Medtronic said in a statement that the unsealing of the document isa "normal step in the process set forth in the statutr for the handling of these kinds of "As with all litigation this case will run its course through the judicial process, where Medtronicd will file its responses and argue its the company stated.
Officials from Bostojn Scientific andLittle Canada-based St. Jude Medicalp couldn’t immediately be reached for commenytWednesday morning. The recent allegations accuse the device companiew of marketing products used to remove scar tissue as treatments foratrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart Federal regulators had not approved the use of the devices as a means to address atrial fibrillation.