Recycled Pacemakers can Save lives or Cause infections?

September 16, 2012 Recycled Pacemakers can Save lives or Cause infections?

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to greatly help the economy and save hundreds of lives in third world countries. They are retrieving ICD’s and Pacemakers from cadavers after autopsies after learning that they still have battery left. Some of these devices can still last up to four years; for this reason, the FDA is trying to approve these devices for clinical testing prior to foreign shipment. There has been a study of improved health from the reuse of a pacemaker, however, this is quite a controversial issue due to the sterilization and has yet to be settled.

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