Avanos Medical Cortrak*2 Enteral Access System is designed to help trained healthcare personnel place medical feeding tubes into the stomach or small bowel of patients
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently announced it will be opening an investigation into Essure, a permanent non-surgical birth control device manufactured by
By: Indhira Benitez Dr. Augustine’s device, the “Bair Hugger,” changed surgical practices and made him a fortune, but it is linked to life-threatening hospital infections.
By: Kelda Doherty At the Rheingold firm, litigation for people injured by medical devices is a larger part of our practice. The Food and Drug
Recent cutting edge science has shown that there are various other long term effects of using PPIs including: dementia, increased prevalence of myocardial infarction, acute
Inferior vena cava filters used to prevent pulmonary embolism are associated with major risks such as recurrent deep venous thrombosis and inferior vena cava thrombosis.
Our firm is now investigating claims for women who have been injured due to the Mirena IUD contraceptive device. Poor design results in the IUD migrating from
Starting in 2019, under the newly introduced “Medical Device Guardian’s Act”, healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient treatment facilities will be required
The Loren Krantz trial in Los Angeles started last week and previously shocking confidential information is reaching the light. In opening statements, plaintiff’s counsel discussed
The states of Washington and California are suing the New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant for misrepresenting the risks of its vaginal mesh implants. Attorneys General Kamala
By: Charles Lee St. Jude Medical Inc. has recalled their device, the Amplatzer TorqVue FX Delivery System, and had urged customers and doctors to remove
Suit against Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., was started in federal court in New Jersey last week by a man who had previously had a Bard
As our firm prepares to conduct the first NuvaRing trial in the nation, our pre-trial briefs shine a light on what was known about NuvaRing’s dangers before it was
By: Charles Lee At what cost should robotic technology become fully utilized if its yield is just as similar, if not pricier than minimally invasive
By: Kelda Doherty In 2010, DePuy, the manufacturer of the ASR XL Hip Replacement System, finally acknowledged problems with their hip implants by ordering a
By: Charles Lee DePuy, a subsidiary of the world’s largest health-care product seller, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), has been brought to trial in California and
By: Kelda Doherty Merck (formerly Schering-Plough), manufacturers of the pill-free contraceptive NuvaRing, is now facing over 1,000 law suits concerning allegations that their contraceptive is
Once touted as a breakthrough in hip implants and widely available in New York, a recent study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found no
Nuvaring Users and Blood Clots Many women use various forms of contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Like numerous medications and devices, some forms of birth
By Thamanna Husain Our hip implant revision injury litigation lawyers have noticed some stem and ball corrosion cases. Early focus was on the ball and
Have you been suffering from your ASR XL Acetabular or ASR Hip Resurfacing System from Johnson & Johnson? Trying to sue J&J for the use
Defendants Had Sought To Keep Sealed Some Documents That Show NuvaRing Estrogen Levels Were Apparently Concealed Or Misrepresented By Organon In a defeat for Defendants
Jennifer Vezina, a Vermont resident, has become the first women to file a suit for injuries from the use of the Mirena IUD in the
Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Modular Hhip Stem Litigation was recently coordinated in front of Judge Martinotti in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Bergen
By: Indhira Benitez On Thursday, March 18th, at a hearing before a San Diego federal judicial panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Bayer’s lawyer, Marie Woodbury of
While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sets stringent requirements for approval of pharmaceuticals, it allows many medical devices to go to market without
Merck & Co. and subsidiary Schering-Plough are facing more lawsuits relating to yet another one of the company’s products, this time Vytorin. The manufacturers responsible
On January 17, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration issued a safety communication to health care providers, surgeons and patients who have received or are
By: George Mikhail The number of medical device products affected by recalls has increased the past eight quarters reaching over 123 million units recalled in
In the United States, an estimated 800,000 people rely on implantable defibrillators to regulate their heart rhythm. However, when this life-saving device starts malfunctioning, the
Invokana has now been associated with several amputations. As of May 2017, the FDA has sounded the alarm by adding warnings for this severe side effect.
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. They are not the patient’s fault in any way, yet the Federal
German drugs and pesticides group Bayer said on Thursday it will pay around $1.6 billion to settle the majority of U.S. claims involving its Essure
