On Wednesday he introduced a bill to require doctors to report serious problems with medical devices to the Food and Drug Administration, putting into law a provision that he said already exists in the American Medical Association's code of ethics.
A second proposed bill was sparked by complaints about serious injuries from Essure, the female sterilization coils. It would allow patients to sue medical device makers for problems caused by products, like Essure, that are shielded from liability laws because they underwent a more stringent FDA approval.
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