Medical Devices & Implants

• Troubling Ghostwriting Survey Prompts New Medical Journal Policies

  Don Greiwe | October 06, 2009 8:48 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A survey released by The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concludes that six of the top medical journals in the U.S. published a “significant number” of...

• More Evidence That Consumers Are Not Protected By FDA - Congressmen Influence FDA Device Approval

  Jean Martin | September 25, 2009 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  The FDA released a report yesterday stating that the agency and its former commissioner, Dr. Andew C. von Eschenbach, succumbed to pressure by four New Jersey congressmen in approving a collagen...

• We Need the Medical Device Safety Act Passed

  Billy Cunningham | September 24, 2009 10:50 AM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL

  In the Spring I wrote a blog about the introduction of the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009. in the Senate. The bill was introduced in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Riegel v....

• Fetal Monitors With Inaccurate Readings

  Jamie Sheller | September 22, 2009 9:41 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  The FDA has notified doctors and hospitals of reports that some Philips Avalon Fetal Monitors are producting inaccurate readings, most often during the second stage of labor. Philips issued an...

• Hip Replacement Gone Bad - Zimmer Durom Cup

  Greg Jones | September 22, 2009 12:24 PM | 2 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Hip Replacement Surgery, usually a procedure reserved for the elderly, is now becoming more and more common among young people, especially young athletes. It is a risky and difficult surgical...

• FDA Issues Warning to Evenflo After Reports of Electrical Shock from Breast Pump Use

  David Mittleman | September 17, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Several women who used the Evenflo breast pump were shocked while expressing their breast milk—literally. Recently, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to the Evenflo Company for...

• Medtronic Recall over Infusion Pump and Catheter

  Greg Jones | September 16, 2009 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  Medtronic Inc. has issued a statement that a catheter and an infusion pump it produces pose serious health risks when used together. This action and potential risk has caused the U.S. Food and Drug...

• New Medical Device Allows Immediate Blood Analysis During Surgery

  Wayne Parsons | August 29, 2009 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Timing is everything in surgery and blood analysis informs the doctors about the presence of disease. Now a team of British electronic professors and medical doctors has developed a new device to do...

• Congress Has A Chance To Protect Consumers Who Use Medical Products

  Mike Bryant | August 28, 2009 9:23 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  For some time now, members of the Injuryboard have been writing about the major impediment on medical device cases. They have been thrown out of court, because of federal preemption. There are...

• Zimmer Durom Cup

  Oguz Ozdemir | August 24, 2009 11:08 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  In 2006 the Zimmer Company developed the Durom Cup, a major component used in hip replacement surgery. The cup was made of cobal chromium alloy and was marketed especially for use in younger, more...