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The American Food and Drug Administration has approved several [[circumcision ]] devices and products made from harvested infant [[Foreskin| foreskins]].<ref name='fda-accucirc'>{{REFweb
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|quote=...fibroblast-derived temporary [[skin ]] substitute for the treatment of partial-thickness burns that has been approved for marketing by the FDA.
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|Text=Consumer Reports also expressed concerns about the safety testing and risks associated with metal hips, surgical mesh and certain cardiac devices.
Allergan and other companies that make medical devices comply with current federal regulations, noted Rita Redberg, a professor of medicine and cardiologist at the {{UNI|University of California|UCSF}}, San Francisco. She said it's those lenient federal standards that are the problem.
"What the device industry is doing is certainly legal," Redberg told the Times. "There needs to be congressional action to improve the requirements for the safety and effectiveness of high-risk medical devices. A lot of people have these devices or they are candidates for one."