Report Claims Medtronic Shaped Bone Graft Studies
The Senate Finance Committee released a new report based on thousands of documents from Medtronic Inc. that questions the integrity of medical research that suggested the company’s Infuse bone graft device was safe when used off-label. The Infuse bone graft, used to promote the fusion of vertebrae in order to diminish back pain, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2002 for use during one specific type of spinal surgery. However, the device – which at one