Knee Implant Failures and Bone Cement
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What is bone cement and how it is used? Patients’ medical conditions sometimes require the implantation of a medical device…
Apple Recalls Macbook Pro After Reports of Fire Risk
Earlier this month, Apple reported that over 432,000 of their MacBooks needed to be recalled due to injury reports. The…
FDA Plans to Review Surgical Stapler Safety
In March this year, Kaiser Health News conducted an investigation that found that the FDA gave manufacturers of surgical staplers…
FDA Orders Manufacturers to Stop Selling Transvaginal Mesh
April 16, 2019, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a press release that indicated it had officially…
FDA Warns Breast Implant Manufacturers
Two breast implant manufacturers were recently issued warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because they did…
Lime Scooter Defects Cause Injuries
Lime, a scooter-based ride-sharing app, has recently run into trouble with their software and hardware which has been making their…
Robotically-Assisted Surgical Devices and Women’s Health
Safety communication has recently been issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) involving the effectiveness and safety of cancer…
FDA Recalls CoaguChek XS PT Test Strips
The FDA has announced a Class I recall on Roche’s CoaguChek XS PT Test Strips that were manufactured from January…
$41 Million Dollar Verdict in Philadelphia for Transvaginal Mesh Injury
In 2007, Suzanne Emmet underwent surgery to receive a transvaginal mesh implant to help treat pelvic organ prolapse. This is…
Coloplast Transvaginal Meshes in Spotlight at FDA Panel
A woman’s pelvic health is very important, but many injuries can easily pop up over time. In this day and…