These devices have come under scrutiny over the last few years because they are part of a category of implants called metal-on-metal bearings, which can generate debris from wear, causing inflammation and tissue damage in certain patients.
The device division has been under scrutiny since earlier this year when nine scientists wrote to the Obama administration transition team saying they had been pressured to approve medical devices against their professional judgment.
Medical devices in general and plastic medical devices in special are regularly under scrutiny regarding actual benefits and risks.
[C5.] Guidant Releases Study on Faulty Devices The Guidant Corporation, which is under scrutiny for failing to alert doctors about critical failures of its heart devices, issued its first report that showed how many company units had malfunctioned in ways that prevented them from working.
Staring upward, they are like a cartoon surveillance device, putting art and viewer alike under scrutiny.
Developers of applications for Apple's mobile devices, along with Apple itself, came under scrutiny this month after reports that some apps were taking people's address book information without their knowledge.
Last year the practice of students working at Foxconn, the manufacturing giant that produces devices for Apple and other electronics brands, came under scrutiny.
In 2005, Guidant, a device maker that no longer exists, also found itself under scrutiny.
A similar deal between Tom Tom, a maker of portable navigation devices, and Tele Atlas, another digital-map firm, is also under scrutiny.
[C1.] F.D.A. to Inspect Guidant Manufacturing Plants The Food and Drug Administration plans to conduct an extensive inspection of the manufacturing facilities of the Guidant Corporation, the maker of implantable heart devices that is under scrutiny because of concerns about the safety of some of the devices and the timing of disclosures about them.
