Medical Devices & Implants

• University of Minnesota Medical School Considering A Ban On Gifts

  Mike Bryant | November 01, 2008 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Following a recent series of articles in both the Minneapolis Tribune and the Wall Street Journal the University is looking at banning all gifts to the doctors from outside groups. Looking at the...

• U.S. House Report Further Confirms Bush Administration’s Preemption Plot

  Wayne Parsons | October 30, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Hot topic these days is pre-emption. Think of it as complete immunity for drug companies. The american association of Justice (AAJ) just released some blockbuster news about a Bush...

• Transmetallation: Which Gadolinium causes NSF, and What about Overexposure in Healthy Individuals Undergoing Multiple Scanning Procedures?

  Armand Rossetti | October 30, 2008 11:24 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  All FDA approved gadolinium based contrast agents (GBCAs) combine a single atom of Gadolinium rare earth metal by chelating it with organic chemicals called ligands. More simply, chelation is the...

• Drug Industry Immunity Endangers Women According To New Study

  Wayne Parsons | October 30, 2008 3:26 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  One week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case, Wyeth vs. Levine, that would give the Drug Industry and Big Pharma complete immunity, the Center For Justice & Democracy...

• Under the RADAR and Over to Market: FDA 510(k) Submissions for Today’s Vaginal Slings are based on an FDA Equivalent Device that Was Actually Defective

  Armand Rossetti | October 29, 2008 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Dr. Donald Ostergard is a founding member of the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) who presented the keynote address at the Society’s 27th Annual Meeting, which took place between October...

• Medtronic at it again…This time it’s their Pain Pumps

  Cal Warriner | October 29, 2008 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Having been involved in intra-articular pain pump litigation for some time I was quite familiar with the devastating injuries these pumps can cause {link to my post}. I am also familiar through...

• Recall of HeartMate II Implantable Pump

  Jamie Sheller | October 28, 2008 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  Cardiac device maker, Thoratec Corp., had recalled certain batches of its implanted heart pump, the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System. According to Thoratec, five people have died while...

• Complete Immunity For Drug Companies? Doctors and Attorneys Both Say "No"!

  Wayne Parsons | October 28, 2008 5:56 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  In an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), doctors oppose the Bush Administration attempt to grant complete immunity to drug companies through a doctrine know...

• Recall: Medtronic Reports Problems with IsoMed and Synchromed Intraspinal Pain Pumps

  Armand Rossetti | October 27, 2008 5:18 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Medtronic’s SynchroMed and IsoMed intraspinal pain pumps consist of an abdominally implanted drug fluid reservoir equipped with a catheter. The catheter leads to and a tip, which the surgeon...

• US Senators Probe Cardiac Foundation’s Relationship To Device Makers

  Greg Webb | October 27, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Much to the dismay of cardiac doctors and medical device manufacturers meeting for their annual convention, two Senators from different sides of the aisle asked questions about the financial ties...