[header] How to join a defective medical device class action lawsuit [title] Get information about the device. [step] You need to understand what device is defective in order to find appropriate class actions to join. To find this information, contact the surgeon or doctor who implanted the device. 
[substeps] Find out the year, make, and model of the device. If the doctor didn't purchase the device directly from the manufacturer, then find out the distributor who sold it to the doctor.