The Story of a Patient Who Was Implanted With a Dummy Component

Around 8,000 patients were implanted with the plastic component. stem wave came clean to the entire company in early 2020 about this fraud and instructed employees that to follow up with each patient who received the dummy component and give them the option to switch but neither the FDA nor the DOJ has forced the company to do this. The implant however unnecessary did not post severe risks to patients according to a evaluation that was referenced by the DOJ.