Posts Tagged ‘Defective Medical Devices’
Understanding The Dangers Of The Ethicon Physiomesh
Why did the Food and Drug Administration approve the Ethicon hernia mesh, a dangerous medical device that is the subject of thousands of lawsuits and has been linked to at least three wrongful deaths? The agency, which is supposedly a consumer safety watchdog, approved the Ethicon Physiomesh because it was “substantially similar” to the Prolift…
Read MoreIVC Filter Use Falls As Lawsuits Increase
A recent study found a direct connection between legal activity and less-frequent use of dangerous IVC filters. The most significant decline occurred in heavy litigation areas, according to Dr. Ketan Patel of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Between 1993 and 2010, IVC filter implants increased almost 10 percent a year; after 2010, when the Food…
Read MoreMore People Pursue Hip Replacement Surgery
As the market for hip implant procedures continue to expand, the number of defective hip implant lawsuits will probably rise as well. Collectively, Smith & Nephew, Johnson & Johnson, Stryker, and Zimmer Biomet made over $6.5 billion around the world during 2015. An aging population and an increasing obesity rate may drive global sales as high as…
Read MoreTrial Set In Ethicon Hernia Mesh Case
The first defective medical device trial regarding the controversial Ethicon Physiomesh, which the manufacturer has voluntarily withdrew from the market, is set for November 2018. The judge originally set a trial date in July 2017, but both parties asked for more time to prepare, citing the “complex issues in this case.” The plaintiff in this…
Read MoreUK Company Hopes To Make Surgical Meshes Obsolete
In a press release, Mediplus says it has developed a “non-surgical alternative” for PoP treatment that avoids “the clinical risks associated with surgical mesh.” Although they are still legal to use in the United States, surgical meshes were recalled in both Scotland and the UK, because they often cause serious side effects and are not…
Read MoreGovernment Issues New IVC Filter Warnings
Health Canada recently told doctors to remove IVC filters from their patients to avoid serious, long-term complications. After receiving over 100 verified reports, the government medical watchdog officially linked the Inferior Vena Cava filter to organ perforation, fragmentation, and other possibly fatal conditions. Additionally, of the two Randomized Controlled Trials connected with IVC filters, neither of…
Read MoreDallas Jury Awards $1B In Hip Implant Lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson must pay $1.041 billion to six California residents who experienced serious side effects from their metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants; the jurors declared that the devices were defectively designed and that DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, failed to adequately warn consumers. DePuy originally marketed these devices as safe and long-lasting…
Read MoreFour Things You Should Know About IVC Filters
Each year over 250,000 IVC filters are implanted into patients at risk for blood clots. Although most patients have no side effects, there are some serious complications with IVC filters. Fact #1: The longer the IVC filter stays in place, the higher the risk of injury. Once the blood clot has passed the IVC filter…
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