Medical devices include an array of aids and instruments used in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a disease or condition. They range from the lowly tongue depressor to the programmable pacemaker. Although the FDA regulates medical devices, they are often approved quickly and inappropriately. As a result, dangerous and even deadly devices enter the market.
Public Citizen has fought to insure that medical devices are properly classified and therefore subjected to adequate regulation. We have also been involved with post-marketing studies, which are designed to insure that devices are safe when used by a larger population in a variety of settings.
The devices we have been involved with include defibrillators, transcranial magnetic stimulators and cardiac devices.
Acromed Bone Screw Baxter IV Infusion Pump Bed Handles Blood Substitutes Breast Implants Cadaveric Dura Matter CardioMEMS Champion HF Monitoring System Corcap Cardiac Support Device Cyberonics Vagus Nerve Stimulator DuraSeal Xact Sealant System for Spinal Use Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Genetic Testing Hormone Replacement Therapy Laser Therapy Medtronic Defibrillator Menaflex Collagen Scaffold Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Shiley 3.0 PED Tracheostomy Tube Shiley Heart Valve Implant Sulzer Hip Implant Surgical Mesh for Transvaginal Repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse SyntheMed REPEL-CV Telectronics Pacemaker Thoratec Heart Pump Welch Allyn AEDs Wingspan Stent System
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