Doubt on warranty of a CRT-P device

If you have a CRT-P device of Medtronic/st jude/ Biotronik , please tell me the warranty period of your device. Because my father's cardiologist suggested a Mdetronic CRT-P device with only 5 years warranty. When I asked them about lifetime warranty or warranty more than 5 years, they said,for CRT- P device you only get 5 years warranty. Please clear my doubt.

4 Comments

warranty

by Tracey_E - 2020-03-08 11:21:20

I have never once heard of the warranty being relevant. The batteries last as long as they last, we are each different and use them differently so you can't really predict how long they'll last. You are never going to get a guarantee for how long it'll last, if that's what you mean. They are warranted against defects. Most defects/recalls these days are fixed with programming. Very very rarely a defect will mean they replace it. It's not like the warranty on a car where things start to go wrong after the warranty is up. They go until we deplete the battery.

If money is the issue then all bets are off

by crustyg - 2020-03-08 12:24:36

There *have* been legal fights between the implanted device manufacturers and the medical teams supporting the patients who have needed an actual replacement.  But as Tracey_E says, this rarely affects PMs and CRT-x devices, more commonly mechnical heart valves and hip implants.

It's a great General Hospital-type drama - 'Doctor, the patient urgently needs his defective <x> replacing, but his insurance won't cover it', but in real life it's very rare for this to happen.  It's one of the reasons why medical devices are regulated in developed countries (manufacturers have to show they have insurance cover).

Take care crossing the road...

Warranty? Really?

by AgentX86 - 2020-03-08 22:41:43

Really!  I'd never heard of such a thing but Souvik piqued my curiousity.  Like all warranties, the purpose is to protect the manufacturer and cover their hindquarters from hungry ambulance chasers.  But here goes:

Metronic warranty synopsis:

<https://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/hcp/cardiac-rhythm/documents/crhf-standard-warranty-summary.pdf>

Note that a CRT-P battery is warrantied for four years and the "component", whatever that is, is warrantied for "lifetime", whatever that means.  However, the limitation is $2500 in uinsured medical expenses.  As I told Souvik privately, that doesn't buy lunch in the hospital cafeteria.

The general Medtronic warranty site:

<https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/healthcare-professionals/products/cardiac-rhythm/crhf-warranty.html>

Sue God

by AgentX86 - 2020-03-09 12:55:49

Better to sue your parents for throwing you into the shallow end of the gene pool.

You know you're wired when...

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