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Whatever happens, Medtronic is hoping to contrast its response with that of Guidant three years ago, when deadly defects were discovered in some of its defibrillators.

But reports of deadly defects in some of Guidant's defibrillators and criticism of delays in disclosing that information to doctors hurt Guidant's prospects so much that Johnson & Johnson insisted on paying a lower price.

Firestone and Ford, and possibly their executives, could still face prosecution by state or local authorities, however, if it is proved that they knowingly sold products with deadly defects.

Guidant's cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator businesses, which had been Boston Scientific's main reason for the takeover, have been struggling to recover from a decline in sales after reports of deadly defects in a small number of units.

But Democrats and consumer advocates say many of its safety provisions favor industry despite the public outcry over deadly defects involving General Motors Co ignition switches and Takata Corp air bag inflators.

Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Senator Edward Markey of Massachusetts told reporters that they would wage a floor battle to require used-car dealers to repair defects in the vehicles they sell, eliminate caps on fines for automakers and impose criminal penalties on auto executives who knowingly hide deadly defects.

Congressional investigators have so far mostly focused their attention on GM and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which have both come under scrutiny for not acting on years of warning signs about the deadly defect.

The U.S. government's auto safety agency acknowledged Friday that a deadly defect in General Motors ignition switches went unresolved for a decade because agency staffers didn't understand air bag technology and failed to challenge the information it received from the automaker.

Last month GM agreed a deal with the US Justice Department in which it acknowledged it failed to disclose a "deadly safety defect" to regulators as well as telling consumers "the defect posed no safety concern".

They had, for the first time in the United States, corrected a deadly heart defect in a fetus.

The cap was criticized by many lawmakers last year when regulators imposed a penalty of $35 million on G.M. after it failed to report for more than a decade a deadly ignition defect.