Medical Device Regulation: Time to Improve Performance
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Medical Device Regulation: Time to Improve Performance
Medical devices have made a significant contribution to helping patients enjoy longer lives of higher quality. However, numerous weaknesses in their premarket evaluation and post-market surveillance have sometimes left patients worse off from faulty devices. For example, the Sprint Fidelis implantable cardioverterdefibrillator lead (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was approved by the United ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1549-1676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001277