Texas Man Sues Boston Scientific Over Teligen Cardioverter Defibrillator Injury

MARSHALL, Texas — A Texas man who says he received a massive electric shock from his Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) cardioverter defibrillator has sued the company, accusing it of negligently failing to ensure that the device met the requisite product specifications before distribution.

The Sept. 19 complaint says the Teligen E110 ICD’s transformer windings failed to meet FDA standards, causing significant damage to the device’s circuitry when the device performed an automatic capacitor reformation.

According to the suit, a surgeon implanted a Teligen E110 DR ICD cardioverter defibrillator in Johnny Elliot in September 2009. Boston Scientific recalled the …