The new Noxell test has been used for more than 20 years to evaluate the safety of plastic medical devices implanted in the body.

The bill provides money for the food and drug agency to monitor the safety of drugs and medical devices already on the market.

Other objectives are to simplify manufacturing, reduce toxic byproducts and improve safety of triggering devices.

He added that the safety of such devices when surgically implanted through the abdomen was "well established."

Doctors and surgeons have to play their part in ensuring the safety of devices.

"We've been attempting since 1972 to get the courts to say that data on safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical devices should be public."

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The group is lobbying for an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration into the safety of shock-therapy devices.

There is a lot of controversy regarding the safety of such devices, but the point is that they were highly classified up until their deployment.

The article suggests that the stockpile stewardship program is intended merely to assure the safety and reliability of existing devices.