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...
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...
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...
What is the most rapid and effective way to advance preemption? Answer: preemption by preamble. It seems that the concept doing it the traditional way; first approaching Congress, or having...
Profit Over Safety in a World of Rapid Research and Development: A Few Comments about Guidant and Medtronic There is always an ounce of concern among manufacturers about consumer safety, and a...
Several companies, including Stryker, BREG, Inc., I-Flowand DJO, Inc. have manufactured and distributed high volume pain pumps. During surgery and for up to three days post, surgeons may use a...
One might expect a medical device company on the prowl for profit, and steeped in the notion that anything goes in the quest to stifle the competition and dominate the market...to offer doctors a...
The relatively new medical device is gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA or gadolinium) used during certain MRI or similar procedures. The new kidney related disease that is little more than a...
Laurie Carpenter posted the following comment about my recent Fosamax blog, "What's the Story with Fosamax (Alendronate): "this info would be helpful if put into lay terms for patients being...
Physio-Control (Physio), a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic Corporation has distributed over 650,000 automated external defibrillators (AEDs), worldwide and it holds more than 70% of the...
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