The medical device industry is unfettered by clinical trials, the justice system, etc.

(Link here ) New York Times editorial on damage from brain stents.

This will continue until the public demands that

• patient/consumer stakeholders be given voting rights on the FDA medical device advisory panels
• a web-published independent registry of all implant devices is established for transparency & academic study
• the current pre-emption from state court is revoked for the device industry
• no device is cleared by the FDA without a percentage of the life expectancy of the device being warranted.