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A Houston court unsealed documents related to the legakl complaintson Tuesday. Other companies namedf in the suitincludd , a Natick, Mass.-based firm with operations in Maplr Grove and Arden Hills, and , of San Calif. Endoscopic has agreed to pay $1.4 milliom to settle a claim filed bythe U.S. Justic e Department. Fridley-based Medtronic said in a statement that the unsealing of the documentg isa "normal step in the procesz set forth in the statute for the handlingg of these kinds of cases." "As with all litigationh matters, this case will run its course through the judicial process, where Medtronic will file its responses and argue its positions," the companyy stated.
Officials from Boston Scientific and Little Canada-based St. Jude Medical couldn’t immediatelg be reached for commentWednesday morning. The recenty allegations accuse the device companies of marketing products used to removee scar tissue as treatmentws foratrial fibrillation, an abnormal heartt rhythm. Federal regulators had not approvede the use of the devices as a meanw to addressatrial fibrillation.