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By refurbishing and repackaging pacemakers, “we are de facto creating a new product, which no longer adheres to the original specifications,” says Thomas Crawford, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the Cardiovascular Division at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor and co-chair of Project My Heart Your Heart, a program which collects used devices from patients and funeral directors to be someday donated to developing countries.

FDA: Pacemaker reuse "objectionable practice"