Medtronic Synchromed Pain Pump Failure Lawsuits. According to Medtronic’s news report in late 2016, their SynchroMed II implantable drug pump was linked to more than 100 adverse events including 2 previously unreported deaths.
In an October 2016 letter to doctors by the U.K.’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Medtronic said the SynchroMed II pump can deliver too much medicine but that the exact cause of the over infusions isn’t clear.