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  "regulationNumber": "870.3610",
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        "reason": "New pacemaker firmware was developed to further mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to our pacemakers that utilize radio frequency (RF) communications.",
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    "summary": "DXY (Implantable Pacemaker Pulse-Generator): nothing changed in the six FDA sources we watch.",
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    "factors": [],
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      "predicate ancestry",
      "recalls",
      "adverse events",
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