Implant, hardware and device failures where the analysis has to withstand both regulatory and courtroom scrutiny.
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Medical device failures carry an unusual evidentiary burden: the explanted part is often the only physical evidence, it has been in a biological environment that changes its surfaces, and it may have been handled by clinical staff who were not preserving it as evidence. Reading a genuine failure mechanism through that is exacting work, and it is where explant protocol matters enormously.
Cross-cutting specializations most often engaged in medical device work.
Breast implants, hernia mesh, cardiac leads, and other soft-tissue implantables — rupture, migration, and corrosion.
investigateInfusion pumps, ventilators, monitors, and active implantables — firmware, sensor, and mechanical malfunction.
investigatePlates, screws, rods, and joint replacement hardware — fatigue fracture, loosening, and taper corrosion.
investigateIV catheters, central lines, and tubing sets — fracture, connector misconnection, kinking, and material degradation.
investigateInjury causation analysis — occupant kinematics, fall biomechanics, and traumatic injury mechanisms.
investigateCraze and crack formation from the combination of sustained stress and a surface-active chemical agent.
investigateDevice matters typically run alongside a regulatory reporting obligation and, frequently, a clinical dispute about technique. Separating device performance from surgical and patient factors is usually the contested question.
How it is handled after removal often decides what can be concluded. Start with the concierge.