The FDA and manufacturers routinely allow doctors and hospitals to continue using medical devices that could cause serious harm or death.

A grandmother has said her vaginal mesh implant 'completely destroyed her life' for 22 years and has accused UK health services of 'gaslighting' women. Patricia Conlon, from West Lothian ...

The death of a Chinese man 13 days after a major dental procedure, where 23 teeth were extracted and 12 implants were inserted on the same day, has shocked the mainland. The case came to light ...

An alternative to a CPAP machine is a sleep apnea implant, which involves a device that opens the upper airway by changing the placement of the tongue. Read on to learn how sleep apnea implants ...

[48] Therefore, in the 'real-world' setting it does not appear that many 'straightforward' candidates for mitral valve surgery are being referred for MitraClip. Nonetheless, even in this very sick ...

A birth control implant is a birth control device that is inserted into your upper arm and releases the hormone progestin to prevent pregnancy. Doctors may not recommend it if you have certain ...

A new implant developed in combination with Australian scientists could be the future of hip replacement surgeries, scientists say. (Nine) Property News 13,000 new affordable homes have been greenlit.

‘Known Possible Complications’ Abbott’s MitraClip system includes tiny clips implanted in the heart’s mitral valve and the equipment used to implant them. The apparatus features a steering ...

LONDON, England—A small, long-running randomized trial suggests that transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) with the MitraClip (Abbott) can achieve similar outcomes to surgery in patients who have ...

A study from Abbott found that employing its cardiac valve repair implant during earlier phases ... two previous examinations of the company’s MitraClip approach: one in 2018 that found no ...