a heart pump is a life-sustaining medical device

Thousands of Patients Were Implanted With Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be Dangerous. (ProPublica, Aug. 5, 2021) As HeartWare and Medtronic [which acquired HeartWare in 2016] failed inspection after inspection and reports of device-related deaths…

first, prep buccinator space for planting

Introducing Name Drop: A Daily Trivia Game from the New Yorker Archive link for above, and “daily” means “new quizzes are released every weekday, Monday through Friday.” Email come-on runs:

Dear Subscriber,

We’re delighted to introduce The New Yorke…