• FlowVoid@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    she accepted the risk of leaving it in

    It doesn’t say that. It says she was willing to pay to keep it in, which means she was willing to pay for long-term maintenance. But there was nobody willing to provide maintenance, because the company dissolved. That is why she was advised to remove the device.

    the company was forced to liquidate assets

    Implants generally go in the garbage after removal.

    Implants that failed to gain FDA approval definitely go in the garbage after removal. Nobody else wants them, in fact the company will end up having to pay for proper disposal of medical waste.

    • Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM
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      1 year ago

      It doesn’t say that.

      Yes I very clearly stated what my *guess *was. Nothing says enough to determine what truly happened here. As someone who works in the medical field, I’m making an educated guess based on my knowledge of how medical devices, elective surgeries, and governing bodies work.