// about
About Class I
Class I is a catalog of implants and devices recalled or withdrawn after they harmed the patients they were placed inside — each traced from approval to recall with the failure rate, the body count, and the regulatory record.
What you'll find here
- The named subject, the authority that revoked it, and the year — stated up front, never buried
- A documented timeline, a three-act account, and exactly five contributing factors
- The hard numbers: patients exposed, the documented harm, the regulatory or trial verdict
- Transferable lessons, and real references from named publications and regulators
Class I is part of The Withdrawn — a reference network on medicine the establishment itself revoked: the drugs it pulled, the devices it recalled, the procedures it abandoned, and the theories it overturned.