We talk to Dr Tom Bowers about how medical devices fail in the body, and how that is translated to statistics that can help with early detection.Tom can be found at https://twitter.com/fancywookieeSupport the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferences:Sheffield, S. (2019). The Controversy Over Essure Birth Control. Women Leading Change: Case Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism, 4(2).Cohen, D. (2011). Out of joint: the story of the ASR. Bmj, 342.Cohen, D. (2013). DePuy knew about hip implant's high failure rate three years before it was recalled. BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online), 346.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-11/essure-contraceptive-device-class-action-lawsuit-supreme-court/102205852https://litfl.com/sir-john-charnley/https://www.zimmerbiomet.com/en/products-and-solutions/specialties/knee/nexgen-complete-knee-solution.htmlThe video version of this episode is at https://youtu.be/Bs_jjWu7QaAIf you have a statistic or a chart you'd like us to talk about contact us.Email: [email protected]Twitter: @StatInsigPodMastodon: https://mathstodon.xyz/@statisticallyinsignificantBart can be found @SnitchinOrwell on Twitter