Defective Medical Devices

On February 9, 2009, a North Carolina resident was implanted with the Obtryx Transobturator Mid- Urethral Sling System. She sued Boston Scientific Corp., the maker of the sling, asserting claims of strict liability because design defect, manufacturing defect and failure to warn, negligence, breach of express and implied warranties, and […]

On February 23, 2010, Sharon Pelkey was implanted with the Advantage Fit System to treat her stress urinary incontinence. The surgery was performed by Dr. James Hamilton and took place in a hospital in Kilmarnock, Virginia. Ms. Pelkey has filed suit against the maker of the Fit system, Boston Scientific […]

Women may only learn the risk of uterine cancer caused by power morcellation until it’s too late. The dangers associated with power morcellators are not necessarily caused by the devices themselves, but rather, with an unintended consequence of this type of gynecologic surgery. Laparoscopic power morcellators are used during hysterectomies […]

Since transvaginal mesh was first introduced into the market over 20 years ago, many hundreds of thousands of women have undergone operations where doctors have inserted vaginal mesh devices, threading them through incisions in the vagina to fortify pelvic muscles that failed to support internal organs or to treat incontinence, […]

Since transvaginal mesh was first introduced into the market over 20 years ago, many hundreds of thousands of women have undergone operations where doctors have inserted vaginal mesh devices, threading them through incisions in the vagina to fortify pelvic muscles that failed to support internal organs or to treat incontinence, […]

All filed federal product liability lawsuits claiming injuries with transvaginal mesh or bladder slings used for repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) are centralized. In February 2012, multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases against the mesh manufacturers began. This legal process streamlines hundreds of individual claims […]

Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is a consolidation of civil cases transferred from different jurisdictions around the country to a single U.S. District Court to achieve certain pre-trial efficiencies. All transferred cases must be marked by common fact questions, and are overseen by a federal judge. The aim of this consolidation is to preserve […]

Transvaginal mesh is a medical device implanted to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women. Transvaginal mesh is a semi-permeable barrier implanted into a woman as a reinforcing structure to keep her internal organs in place. The device is known as vaginal mesh because it is now […]

Transvaginal mesh was first developed from surgical mesh used in hernia repair surgeries since the 1950s. Traditionally, surgical mesh used for hernia repair was constructed of collagen extracted from bovine or human tissue and formed into a mesh that could be implanted in humans.  Physicians used the same mesh to treat […]

  In 2010, doctors in the United States inserted more than 70,000 mesh devices in patients, threading them through incisions in the vagina to fortify pelvic muscles that failed to support internal organs or to treat incontinence, according to court filings. Sometimes the failure of these devices is masked by other symptoms, […]