Mitch Weiss

Associated Press

This Nov. 14, 2018 photo taken in Jackson, Miss., shows the Medtronic Paradigm REAL-Time Revel insulin pump of Polly Varnado's daughter. Medical device manufacturers and experts say insulin pumps are safe. But an AP investigation found that insulin pumps and their components are responsible for the highest number of malfunction, injury and death reports in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s medical device database.

Insulin Pumps Have Most Problems

It's a product that's used by hundreds of thousands of diabetics around the world, many of them children.

In this Friday, Nov. 16, 20158 photo, Jim Taft watches The History Channel from the confines of his bed at his home in West Columbia, S.C. Taft has experienced debilitating health issues after a neurosurgeon implanted Boston Scientific's Precision spinal cord stimulator in his back in 2014.

Spinal-Cord Stimulators Injure Some Patients

Jim Taft's doctor said a spinal-cord stimulator would cloak his pain, making him "good as new."