I've been thinking about this for a couple of days and I need to get some thoughts down. In my family, both my mom and dad have had medical devices, titanium rods, inserted in their backs in the process of back surgery. I find out that in any case of medical device failure, the medical facility is required to report the failure to the FDA and also to the device manufacture. So I did some looking in
Google and put in quotes, Medical Device Failure, and got quite a few hits. So apparently the system for reporting is working. I wonder what the next step is in the process. Is there any sort of accountability on the part of the Medical Facility, the Doctor who performs the procedure, the company that manufactured the device? Also, is there any recourse from the individual in whom the device was placed? Is there a "three strikes" rule for either the device maker or the Doctor or Medical Facility that has a history of using devices that fail on a regular basis?
