FDA Issues AED Safety Communication
December 13, 2013
An AED (automated external defibrillator) is a device that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm in victims of sudden cardiac arrest and delivers an electrical shock to restore its normal rhythm. AEDs help save lives of cardiac arrest victims when they are working properly and used correctly. Whe[...]
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Robotic Surgery Injury And Death Rates Rising
November 24, 2013
The number of injuries and deaths in the United States as a result of robotic surgery has risen from 13.3 per 100,000 procedures in 2004 to approximately 50 per 100,000 procedures in 2012, according to a draft analysis by physicians at Rush University Medical Center, the University of Illinois, a[...]
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$4 Billion Defective Hip Implant Settlement Reached?
November 17, 2013
It was reported by Bloomberg on November 13, 2013 that Johnson & Johnson has reached a settlement in excess of $4 billion to resolve the more than 7,500 metal-on-metal hip implant lawsuits filed in both federal and state courts against Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. [...]
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Laser Hair Removal Injury Claims
October 21, 2013
The results of a study designed to identify the incidence of medical professional liability claims stemming from cutaneous laser surgery performed by nonphysician operators (“NPOs”) in the United States that was published online in the journal JAMA Dermatol on October 16, 2013 showed�[...]
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$2 Million Vaginal Mesh Verdict
August 21, 2013
A federal jury in Charleston, West Virginia returned a $2 million verdict on August 15, 2013 in favor of the female plaintiff and against C.R. Bard Inc. (“Bard”), which had manufactured and sold the transvaginal mesh product called Avaulta Plus that had been implanted in the 55-year-old[...]
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Competition For The Da Vinci Surgical System?
July 1, 2013
Robotic surgery represents the newest medical technology. The preeminent robotic surgery system, Intuitive Surgical’s proprietary da Vinci Surgical System, enables surgeons to perform delicate and complex operations through a few tiny incisions with increased vision, precision, dexterity, a[...]
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FDA Warns About Worn/Damaged Hospital Mattresses
April 27, 2013
On April 19, 2013, the FDA issued a “safety communication” warning “that damaged or worn covers for medical bed mattresses can allow blood and body fluids to penetrate medical bed mattresses, posing a risk of infection to patients.” A medical bed mattress cover provides out[...]
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Maryland Stent Doctor’s Criminal Conviction Upheld
April 25, 2013
In its written opinion filed on April 23, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the conviction of a former Maryland cardiologist convicted of implanting medically unnecessary stents in cardiac patients in Maryland. The Maryland interventional cardiologist was in pr[...]
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Chicago Woman Loses Hip Implant Lawsuit
April 21, 2013
On April 16, 2013, a Chicago jury returned a defense verdict in favor of DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, after deliberating for just over one day after a five-week trial. This was only the second jury trial of the almost 11,000 lawsuits filed against DePuy Orthopaedics (inclu[...]
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