Medical device recalls are on the rise, the Stericycle ExpertRECALL announced this week. The recall tracking group stated that recalls increased more than 160% in Q1 of 2012, which affected more than five times as many units as in the previous quarter. And speaking of recalls, the plot thickens in the case of the PIP breast implants as it was revealed this week that surgeons had notified the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency as far back as 2006 with concerns regarding the faulty products. Read about these and more of the week's top stories in our roundup below.
 

• Medical Device Recalls Soar During First Quarter (Qmed)
• You're Hit with a Medical Device Recall: Now What? (MPMN)
• PIPS Breast Implant Scandal: Regulator Warned Years Earlier (The Telegraph)
• FCC Chooses Spectrum for Wireless Medical Devices (Reuters)
• Why Does a Medtech VC Think Many Late-Stage Venture Deals are 'Crap?' (MedCity News)
• Women in Medtech: Leslie Saxon's Quest to Shift the Healthcare Paradigm (MD+DI)
• Patients' Voices are Changing Medical Devices (Huffington Post)
• Hacked Medical Machines Join Forces in The Immortal (Wired)
• Nanothin Coating Enables Bone Growth on PEEK Implants (medtechinsider)