Medical Devices & Implants

• FDA Meeting Held to Address Complaints About the Medical Device Approval Process

  Carrie Strasser | April 27, 2009 2:44 PM | 8 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The New York Times reported last week that a rare internal meeting was held by the FDA on Wednesday to address the complaints surrounding the medical device approval process. Dr. Donna-Bea...

• A Possible Breakthrough for the Treatment of AIDS

  David Mittleman | November 13, 2008 12:17 PM | 7 CommentsLansing, MI

  It has been over 27 years since the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, was first reported in the United States in the early 1980's. The syndrome is a set of infections and symptoms that...

• Senate Hearing Highlights Device Victim's Nightmare

  Cecelia Prewett | August 05, 2009 2:57 PM | 5 CommentsVoices

  Two years ago, Michael Mulvihill of Bettendorf, Iowa, was driving with his wife to visit his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren when he saw a blue light flash before his eyes. He felt his body...

• Health Care Nightmare! Synthetic Surgical Mesh Complications

  Lana Keeton | August 07, 2009 3:40 PM | 3 CommentsVoices

  Death by bleedout, death from strangulation of the bowels, perforation of the bladder, male infertility, inability to urinate, hernias, colostomies...just a few of the complications of the surgical...

• Iowa and Nebraska EMT’s consider a Crane to Transport the Morbidly Obese Bureaucrats

  Steve Lombardi | August 03, 2009 10:03 AM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  America the obese is weighing down government budgets for things like cranes and forklifts to move 800-pound EMT patients. The cost of ambulances and equipment is increasing with America’s...

• House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Considers Ability of FDA to Regulate Medical Devices

  Cecelia Prewett | May 13, 2009 5:05 PM | 3 CommentsVoices

  Two years ago 35-year-old Bridget Robb awoke by what she describes as the feeling of “cannons repeatedly being shot at her chest at close range,” followed by a strong electrical current...

• Controversial Medical Device - Menaflex - Approved By FDA

  Greg Webb | October 07, 2009 5:11 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  In a bid to get a controversial knee-surgery device known as Menaflex approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ReGen Biologics relied too heavily on two consultants with strong ties to...

• 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....

• 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...

• 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...