Medical Device Accidents and Illustrative Cases

This enhanced second edition of the unique Medical Device Accidents gives you even more useful information about problems that can occur with a medical device. This book is filled with information, examples and case studies that will help you win any medical suit involving devices. Written with attorneys, expert witnesses, clinical engineers, nurses, physicians, manufacturers and designers of new medical devices in mind, this excellent resource will answer all of your questions about these devices. Leslie Geddes has fifty years of experience in his field. New in this edition: entire chapters devoted to catheter electrodes, transdermal drug transport and pain suppression by electrical stimulation, with discussions of their side effects and hazards. This second edition of Medical Device Accidents is about 150 percent as long as the first edition and contains many more case studies and examples that should help you with any medical device accident case you encounter. In this information-packed volume, you will find out the consequences of applying two technologies to a patient simultaneously. Discover hints, tips, and observations for expert witness testimony. Learn about real case studies, describing the kinds of injuries that can occur. Read the discussions on high frequency electric cutting, describing injuries caused by burning, bowel gas explosions, and circumcision. Medical Device Accidents will tell you all about the intended use of a product and criteria for establishing a product defect or a design defect. It describes the customer's expectations of a product and the responsibility of a manufacturer. It goes into depth on electrosurgery, electrocautery and laser surgery. It talks about pacemakers and cellular phones and interference between devices.