When an elderly individual suffers from a pulmonary embolism (PE), approximately one in six of them receive inferior vena cava (IVC) filters to decrease their risk of having subsequent PE. PE occurs when an artery in the lungs becomes blocked by a blood clot, which…
The FDA recently announced plans to overhaul its dated medical device approval system. The system, which has been in place since the 1970s, has been criticized for years due to its approval of over 95 percent of medical devices to be put on the U.S.…
Stryker and National Plaintiff’s Leadership in MDL 2768 of the consolidated proceedings before Judge Talwani announced in Court this morning a proposed Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) for eligible claimants. The Stryker Hip Settlement includes those cases filed in the MDL 2768 in Massachusetts, the MCL…
Today, hernia mesh manufacturers such as Johnson & Johnson, Atrium, Covidien, and C.R. Bard, Inc., are the target of thousands of lawsuits because of medical complications that occurred after hernia mesh implant surgery. These infections can include extreme pain, infection, recurrence of hernia, organ perforation,…
Stryker Corporation, a medical technologies firm based in Michigan, is one of the biggest name brands in the world for manufacturing implants used in joint replacement surgeries. Unfortunately for some, a slew of lawsuits have revealed that Stryker’s metal-on-metal hip replacement products may not be…
Currently, knee surgery is the most prevalent procedure performed on patients aged 45 years and older – totaling about 600,000 procedures in the U.S. and growing. Unfortunately, the increase in surgeries also brings with it an increase in knee replacement complaints, problems and even failures.…
Last week Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC published the Australian Health Hazard alert regarding the Stryker LFIT V40 Femoral head. CSS Firm has learned a list of affected lot numbers that includes hundreds of Lot and Item Numbers by Stryker. This list shows seven catalogue…
Although federal law requires the reporting of adverse events, no reports concerning power morcellators had been received by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to December 2013, according to The Cancer Letter. Prior to December 2013, the FDA had received no Medical Device…
A medical study published in the October 2015 issue of the Annals of Surgery takes a closer look at whether trauma patients actually benefit from having inferior vena cava (IVC) filters implanted, or instead face a greater risk of life-threatening complications associated with the filters…
IVC filters are inserted through an artery and deployed with spider-like legs designed to both catch blood clots before they find their way to the lung and cause what could potentially be a fatal pulmonary embolism, and to hold the filter in place at the…
