Defective Medical Devices

Ethicon Women’s Health & Urology, maker of the Gynecare Prolift Pelvic Floor Repair System, is appealing an $11 million verdict awarded to a South Dakota women injured by the defective mesh implant. According to the company’s lawyers, the damages should be stricken because of the learned intermediary doctrine. “It’s the […]

The Uphold Vaginal Support System is a transvaginal mesh product used to treat pelvic organ prolapse (“POP”).  Marta Carlson sued Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific”), the maker of the Uphold Vaginal Support System, and asserted that the device caused her to suffer chronic vaginal pain, difficulty during intercourse and incontinence. […]

A medical device created by Brainlab and marketed as easy-to-use, intuitive, precise and tailored to surgeons’ needs has been recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Cranial-navigation systems sold by Brainlab, a German manufacturer that develops software-based applications for brain surgeons in addition to surgeons in other disciplines such […]

At this time, pending in the federal court MDL proceedings in Georgia and 700 cases pending in the California state court consolidated proceedings.  There are also more than 800 individual cases pending on a tolling agreement with Wright Medical, which is a contract that suspends the statute of limitations period […]

On February 9, 2009, a North Carolina resident was implanted with the Obtryx Transobturator Mid-Urethral sling. This patient filed suit against the maker of her vaginal mesh, Boston Scientific (“Boston”), asserting claims of breach of express and implied warranties, negligence, punitive damages, and strict liability (design defect, failure to warn, and […]

In November 2011, a Maryland woman underwent surgery at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Maryland where Dr. Jeffrey Welgoss implanted her with a sling manufactured by Ethicon. The patient asserts that she continued to experience pain and discomfort after the removal of the sling and that her Ethicon TVT sling has also caused […]

The threat of a hunger strike against the Food and Drug Administration, a Facebook page titled “Essure Problems Lawsuit” and a congressional bill calling for a recall of the female contraceptive manufactured by Bayer have surrounded the device with controversy and raised questions about its safety. Originally approved in 2002, […]

In August 2005, a patient was implanted with a Bard Recovery Filter System in order to catch blood clots or “thrombi” traveling from the lower portions of his body toward his heart and lungs. Unfortunately, the device failed and migrated to the patient’s heart, perforating the organs and requiring open […]

An inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is used to prevent life threatening pulmonary emboli. Once installed, the filter’s arms and legs open and anchors it to the walls of the IVC. The filter then catches blood clots that would otherwise flow into the heart and lungs as pulmonary emboli.   […]

Laparoscopic power morcellators are electronically powered tools that use a bladed feature to shred uterine fibroids and other tissue so that they may be easily removed through small incision in the abdomen. The process has been used in recent years as an alternative to traditional, open abdominal surgical hysterectomies, myomectomies […]