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Wife Alleges That Husband Died Due To Defective Blood Clot Filter

December 14, 2015

The wife of a man who died as a result of a blood clot filter becoming dislodged and traveling to his heart alleges that the manufacturer of the blood clot filter is responsible for her husband’s death because it knew that the filter was defective. The husband was contemplating having bariatr[...]

Settlement Announced For Many Stryker Defective Hip Replacement Claims

November 13, 2014

On November 3, 2014, Howmedica Osteonics Corp., a/k/a Stryker Orthopaedics (“Stryker”), entered into a settlement agreement that resolves federal claims filed in multi-district litigation venued in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota that covers 2,375 plaint[...]

Ethicon Morcellation Devices Withdrawn From Market By Manufacturer

August 8, 2014

Ethicon, Inc. (“Ethicon”), a Johnson & Johnson company, announced on July 30, 2014 that it was voluntarily withdrawing from the market all remaining Ethicon Morcellation Devices, following its April 2014 worldwide commercial suspension of selling the devices. The withdrawal of the [...]

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[...]

Conflict Of Interest? Surgeons Who Profit From The Implanted Spinal Devices They Market

October 26, 2013

In a report issued earlier this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, entitled, “Spinal Devices Supplied by Physician-Owned Distributors: Overview of Prevalence and Use,” the Inspector General sought to determine the extent to which s[...]

Judge Orders FDA To Turn Over Documents In Spying Case

July 27, 2012

On July 23, 2012, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to turn over previously undisclosed documents to attorneys for former and current employees of the FDA who claim that the FDA illegally spied on them after they reported allegedly improper medical device approvals by t[...]

When Did Hip Replacement Manufacturer Know About Failures?

March 5, 2012

In an article appearing in The New York Times on February 21, 2012, it was reported that the all-metal artificial hip replacement known as the DePuy ASR (articular surface replacement) manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, which was implanted in 93,000 pati[...]

AVAIRA Toric Soft Contact Lenses Recalled

October 18, 2011

The FDA has announced a Class 1 recall for AVAIRA Toric (enfilcon A) TORIC Soft (Hydrophilic) Contact Lenses, 6 Soft Contact Lenses for Astigmatism. A Class 1 recall is the most serious type of recall and involves situations in which there is a reasonable probability that use of the recalled product[...]

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