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This is exactly the point; when this was a clear possibility that there would be no other option for her, they shouldn't have been able to put the device in a person in the first place.
But there's always going to be the possibility of that. No company can guarantee that it won't go bankrupt for at least several decades.
(Plus, it sounds like this woman is better off having the implant and then losing it than she would have been if she never had it.)