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FDA announces proposals to prevent failures in surgical and implantable staples

April 29, 2019

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) says it is proposing ways to better protect patients from the malfunctions, injuries, and deaths associated with surgical and implantable staples. The review comes after the FDA alerted public and health-care professionals to concerns over surgical staplers for internal use and implantable surgical staples. The alert was prompted as the result of the agency’s analysis showing that from Jan. 1, 2011 to Mar. 31, 2018, it received …
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