Medical Device Safety Act

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Please sign this petition in support of the Medical Device Safety Act, which Kennedy will be bringing before congress this year. The Supreme Court decided in Riegel v. Medtronic that the manufacturer should receive immunity for certain FDA-approved medical devices. Just because the FDA says a medical device is safe, doesn't make it so. My implanted defibrillator wasn't safe for me. I almost died on the the sidewalk of New York City last April while my heart was receiving 65 inappropriate & extremely powerful shocks due to a fractured wire. There are many others with similar experiences. Please sign & forward.

1233 Signatures

  • josephine McKee
  • Erika Schickel
  • Mierle Ukeles
    • Comments
    • I support this petition strongly.
  • Elaine Angelopoulos
  • Rebecca Duclos
  • Mahasti YMudd
  • Elizabeth Potter
  • Kerry Kehoe
  • carol cushman
  • Donna Maria deCreeft
  • Mary Hoeymans
  • Frank Hoeymans
  • Jeffrey Dreiblatt
  • Lisa Bateman
    • Comments
    • Please Act!
  • Amanda Guest
  • Christine Greene
  • Brian Sutch
    • Comments
    • I was severely injured as a result of these faulty leads. We all deserve the opportunity to have our day in court!
  • Michael Coco
    • Comments
    • Immunity from liability will only result in the manufacturers being more careless when developing products.
  • Mary Beth Coco
  • Frances M. McMahon
  • Melissa Sutch
    • Comments
    • Too many of my family members have a defective device. That is NOT acceptable.
  • Jessica Sutch
  • David Henne
  • Danielle Moloney
  • Rebecca Knauer
  • Maria Coscia
  • Ghazal Hajizadeh
  • Joseph DeMarco
  • nicole dipasquale
  • sreya
  • laura giancone
  • Catherine Coco Sutch
    • Comments
    • My husband had a Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead break last year. After having inappropriate shocks due this, he underwent surgery to replace the lead. Complications during this surgery led to open heart surgery. At 26 this is not something we should have had to go through. All people with faulty medical devices deserve to have their story heard in a courtroom.
  • Diane St.Marie
  • Karen Sutch
  • Michelle A. DeMarco
    • Comments
    • My brother-in-law gave us quite a scare last year due to complications after his lead broke. This is NOT acceptable.
  • Danielle Herring
  • christine reidy
  • Adam M. Doyno
  • Lawrence Glenn
  • cathey piper
  • Christina M. Ghaly-Wilson
  • Janet Goldner
  • Tom Sutch
  • Bridget Hammer
  • Kristen
  • Sekiya Dorsett
    • Comments
    • We must protect our people.
  • Joelle Andres
  • johnny bradigan
  • Michelle Mingoia
  • Christina Reilly