E39: Medical Device Failure Ft. Tom Bowers

Statistically Insignificant by Tess O'Brien

Episode notes
We talk to Dr Tom Bowers about how medical devices fail in the body, and how that is translated to statistics that can help with early detection.Tom can be found at https://twitter.com/fancywookieeSupport the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferences:Sheffield, S. (2019). The Controversy Over Essure Birth Control. Women Leading Change: Case Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism, 4(2).Cohen, D. (2011). Out of joint: the story of the ASR. Bmj, 342.Cohen, D. (2013). DePuy knew about hip implant's high failure rate three years before it was recalled. BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online), 346.  ...  Read more