Tag: Medical Devices

KAISER HEALTH NEWS POSTED THIS ARTICLE YESTERDAY ON FAULTY MEDICAL DEVICES

FDA To End Program That Hid Millions Of Reports On Faulty Medical Devices By Christina Jewett, May 3, 2019 (EyeEm/Getty Images) The Food and Drug Administration announced it is shutting down its controversial “alternative summary reporting” program and ending its decades-long practice of allowing medical device makers to conceal millions of reports of harm and malfunctions…

National Pain Post on St. Jude and Nervo pain stimulators.

The following article was posted on the National Pain Report earlier today (10/5/16) on Facebook http://nationalpainreport.com/fda-approves-st-judes-burstdr-scs-therapy-for-chronic-pain-8831634.html,“with the information which looks like it was obtained from BusinessWire.com at http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161004005719/en/St.-Jude-Medical-Announces-FDA-Approval-BurstDR site.  More information on the Nevro HF10 unit is available on their website,  http://www.nevro.com/English/Patients/Patient-Overview/default.aspx.  I have a Medtronic Intrathecal Pain Management Pump (IPMP) which unlike the stimulation provided by the…