Blog entries RSS FEED PAGE TITLE TAGGED http://www.legalplayground.com Wed, 22 May 2013 22:22:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.legalplayground.com/724-fda-plans-new-system-to-identify-defective-medical-devices.html <p> </p><br/><p>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it's developing a new system that will help to identify defective and/or malfunctioning medical devices. The move comes in response to several high-profile reports of patients being injured by defective medical devices, including all-metal hip implants and vaginal mesh.</p><br/><p>Under the new system, devices would be assigned a unique identification number similar to a bar code. That number would then be used to scan databases oRead More... Jeffrey Nadrich Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:42:51 +0100 vaginal mesh FDA depuy hip defective medical devices california product liability lawyer california personal injury attorney