
The Implant Files
Medical devices like hip replacements, pacemakers, and surgical mesh are supposed to be tested before they end up inside a patient's body, but this film examines how thin that testing can be. It follows the trail of an industry that moves faster than the regulators meant to police it, tracing how devices reach the market with minimal scrutiny and what happens to the people who are harmed once something goes wrong. Patients describe the aftermath of implants that failed, doctors and industry insiders weigh in on how approval systems work, and the film lays out the financial incentives that keep flawed devices in circulation longer than they should be. The throughline is a simple, uncomfortable question: who is actually watching the watchmen when profit and patient safety pull in opposite directions. It is a plain, fact-driven look at a corner of medicine most people assume is far more tightly regulated than it is.