NEWS on implant problems
Testing company to pay more than ten million euros in breast implant scandal
In the scandal surrounding defective breast implants from French manufacturer Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), a court has ordered TÜV Rheinland to pay more than ten million euros. The testing company must compensate 605 of 1,319 plaintiffs. Most of the women in these proceedings come from Great Britain. The court stated...
Are hackers attacking medical implants?
Medical devices such as insulin pumps, defibrillators and brain stimulators are getting more and more connectivity. As more and more patients receive implants to treat conditions ranging from diabetes and Parkinson's disease to deafness and heart failure, implants are becoming more complex - and thus more wirelessly controllable. This means...
The human cost of neurotechnology failure
When the makers of electronic implants abandon their projects, people who rely on the devices have everything to lose. Hundreds of thousands of people benefit from implanted neurotechnology every day. Among the most common devices are spinal-cord stimulators, first commercialized in 1968, that help to ease chronic pain. Cochlear implants...
Breast Implants: Reports of Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Various Lymphomas in Capsule Around Implants (FDA)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the public about reports of cancers, including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and various lymphomas, in the scar tissue (capsule) that forms around breast implants. The various lymphomas reported are not the same as the lymphomas described in previous FDA Communications as...
If a neurological remote controlled implant is no longer supported
A patient report noted that he found no further support after the withdrawal of the manufacturer of a neurostimulating implant. The device is implanted in the maxilla. He had a cluster headache that was relieved by the device. In another case, distribution of an ocular implant was discontinued because it...
Does SARS-CoV-2 cause implant losses?
Limited information on the skeletal complications of COVID-19 is known, even though inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract have been known to perturb bone metabolism and cause pathological bone loss. In this study, we characterize the effects of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection on bone metabolism in an established golden Syrian hamster...
Diabetes mellitus and dental implants
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease that develops primarily either due to T-cell-mediated autoimmune destruction, especially of the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas (type I diabetes mellitus) or due to impaired insulin function (various combinations of insulin resistance, hyperinsulinism, relative insulin deficiency, or even secretory...
Court orders TÜV to pay damages in breast implant scandal
According to the verdict published the previous day, around 1,600 plaintiff women are to receive provisional compensation of 5,150 euros each, or a total of around 8.2 million euros. Within two years, an expert is to investigate the matter further. TÜV announced that it would appeal against the decision in...
When the breast implant makes sick
In association with breast implants, complications sometimes occur, such as large cell lymphomas and capsular fibrosis. At the annual conference of the German Society for Senology, renowned experts gave advice on how to minimize the risk. In breast reconstruction, the 1-year incidence for capsular fibrosis is about 12% and the...
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