With medical devices, recalls are not always what they seem. In some recalls, including some of the most serious, the FDA and the manufacturers let doctors and hospitals continue to use the devices.

Medline Industries led recalls in three categories, while Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V. had the most devices ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the expansion of BiVACOR’s early feasibility study evaluating its titanium total artificial heart (TAH) to additional participants.

Abbott Laboratories has announced that its implantable heart device, MitraClip, has not been recommended for approval by reviewers at the US Food and Drug Administration. Clinical trials ...