Recent Posts in Defective Medical Devices Category

Imagine experiencing problems with a knee or hip, or other parts of your body. You speak with a medical professional about what options you have. They prescribe a medical device and you go through with the procedure expecting it to improve your ...

It’s an unfortunate situation, but sometimes the items and products we expect to improve are health are the ones that cause significantly more damage. Defective medical devices should not exist, but they do, and individuals should understand which ...

For years, there have been millions of individuals who have relied on certain medical devices to help improve their quality of life. Unfortunately, many of these items used are not as safe as they should be and those patients who received the ...

There are numerous issues a person can experience with their hips as they get older. At some point, the doctor may recommend that the patient replace their problem hip with a prosthetic implant. However, these devices may not always be as safe as ...

What do you do when you, or someone you love, experiences the impacts of a defective medical device? You’ve already gone through enough and you were hoping that the device prescribed to you would help you get better. Unfortunately, defective medical ...

For years, people have expected that they can get fair treatment from medical facilities and that they’d walk away from a situation feeling better than before. With modern advances and technologies, medical devices should be the way that many people ...

Imagine needing a medical device to help improve your condition, heal a serious injury, and more. It’s an unfortunate situation, but there are numerous situations when medical devices that individuals rely on turn out to be defective. Items such as ...

When someone is at risk of stroke due to blood clots and is not a candidate for blood thinning medication, a doctor may opt to implant an IVC filter into the patient’s inferior vena cava, the largest vein in the body. The filter is intended to act as ...

When we require a medical device to help with our health, it’s not often that you think the device will fail. After all, before these medical devices can be offered to patients, they must be approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration ...

The deadline for filing a claim with the Stryker settlement fund has been extended to April 17, 2015 . Injured patients have until 5 p.m. on the 17 th to file their claims with appropriate documentation. Stryker hip implant devices were used by more ...

Johnson & Johnson has lost a jury trial in California in regard to a plaintiff injured by the companies vaginal mesh inserts. The plaintiff, Coleen Perry, was awarded $5.7 million after she suffered from the companies Abbrevo sling implant. Her ...

ASR hip implant devices produced by DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, have been recalled since 2010. Upon discovering that 12 percent of the devices failed within the first five years, more than 93,000 ASR implants were recalled ...

Advancements in medical device technology have been instrumental in helping elderly and severely injured persons heal, increase their life expectancy and retain their mobility as they age. The most implanted devices in America include defibrillators, ...

Stryker Corporation, one of the world’s leading hip replacement medical device companies, has reached a settlement with thousands of patients who were injured by their hip implant devices. In 2009, the company introduced what it claimed were ...

A morcellator is a surgical instrument used to complete hysterectomies or remove fibroids in a woman’s uterus. The procedure is called a laparoscopic power morcellation. To understand the popularity of laparoscopic morcellation procedures, it is ...

The medical, insurance and legal industries continue to reflect on the impact of Johnson & Johnson’s voluntary withdrawal of power morcellators from the market. While the medical establishment is responding with more studies and calls for ending the ...

Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Lawsuit Information In 2002, the FDA granted Medtronic approval for its Infuse Bone Graft, a man made bone growth product for limited use in the lumbar spine region. Despite this limited scope of approval, Medtronic, Inc., ...

Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft Lawsuit Information In 2002, the FDA granted Medtronic approval for its Infuse Bone Graft, a man made bone growth product for limited use in the lumbar spine region. Despite this limited scope of approval, Medtronic, Inc., ...

If you are uncertain if you have either of the recalled DePuy Hip Systems, contact your orthopedic surgeon. Your primary care physician or the hospital where the surgery took place should be able to provide you with the name of your surgeon if you ...

When medical devices, such as pacemakers, prosthetics, ultrasound machines, lasers, life support devices and blood pressure cuffs do not work as promised, the effects can be damaging and extensive. A defect can result from many things including ...

DePuy ASR President Resigns after DePuy Hip Recall - The following is an excerpt from wsj.com: "The president of DePuy Orthopaedics, Johnson & Johnson unit that makes replacement hips and knees and is dealing with an expensive product recall, has ...

Symptoms of a DePuy ASR™ hip implant failure include: Unexplained Hip Pain Thigh Pain or Groin Pain Pain with Walking Pain Rising from a Seated Position Pain with Weight Bearing These symptoms could be a warning that there may be a DePuy ASR™ Hip ...