News tagged with 'Medical Devices and Implants'

The results of a new study suggests implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are not effective in women.

A new study finds arthroscopic knee surgery is no better than conservative treatments to relieve knee pain caused by arthritis. A study conducted in 2002, by the Department of Veterans Affairs, also published in NEMJ, came to a similar conclusion.

Doctors receive upwards of six and seven-figure payments per year in royalties, consulting deals and speaking fees from artificial knee and hip manufacturers. Many critics question whether the payments present a conflict of interest by distorting doctors' judgments on how best to treat their patients.

This is the largest study ever to look at just how effective our nation’s hospitals are at delivering care when heart abnormalities strike and minutes count. In at least one third of cases, care was delivered outside of the two minute recommended time.

The report is enough to make anyone afraid.  The Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, so often in the news as the final safety net to ensuring the American food and drug industry are safe, is broken according to a

A new study has the medical field rethinking a diagnostic tool that's frequently used on children.  CT or computed tomography scans are used millions of times every year but the authors warn that the radiation used may result in a spike in cancers over the next decades from the "super X-rays" involved. 

Updated June, 2007: Shelhigh Inc . of Union, NJ agreed to a consent order to stop distributing its implantable medical devices until manufactured devices have been corrected and all FDA standards are met. The devices and components which include pediatric heart valves and conduits, surgical patch

Children with a cochlear implant have a greater risk of developing pneumococcal (Streptococcus pneumoniae) meningitis compared to children in the general population, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and others published i

Guidant Corporation announced Monday it was discontinuing production of its Ancure Endograft System, less than a week after EndoVascular Technologies Inc., a Guidant subsidiary, pled guilty to 10 federal felony counts for not disclosing malfunctions of the device. On Thursday, EndoVascular agreed to pay fines of $92.4

EndoVascular Technologies, Inc. (EVT) a subsidiary of Guidant Corp., agreed Thursday to pay fines of $92.4 million after pleading guilty to 10 felonies for not disclosing malfunctions of their Ancure Endograft System . The fines are the largest of their kind to date. As part of the plea agreement, the company adm

A new study conducted by researchers with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio suggests new sophisticated heart defibrillators may be associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and death. According to the study, which appears in next week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, newer models featu

The Allegheny County coroner confirmed Wednesday that a contaminated bronchoscope caused the October death of an Allegheny General Hospital patient. Earl W. Foster, 58, died October 14 from bronchopneumonia caused by a Pseudomonas bacterium that was resistant to antibiotics. Physicians at the hospital reported that t

A New York woman who suffered permanent eye damage when a laser blade snapped during vision-correction surgery has filed a lawsuit against the blade's manufacturer for $40 million. In March 2001, Sharon Guess underwent laser vision-correction surgery at a clinic in Rochester. During the procedure, a blade made by Bau

Specialists involved in a new study on the safety of CT scans, otherwise known as "CAT scans," claim children undergo the procedure too often, increasing the risk of unwarranted exposure to radiation. Researchers from the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. studied 1,000 patients who had received a

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about serious risks of permanent eye injury, potentially leading to blindness, presented by non-corrective, decorative contact lenses distributed without a prescription and without proper fitting by an eye care professional. FDA has learned that these products