Missouri Federal Court Rules Against Filshie Clip Plaintiffs
April 2, 2025
Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit for damages under Missouri law based on injuries they alleged to have sustained in connection with the use of Filshie Clips, a medical device used in tubal ligations. Plaintiff Kristin Bergdoll underwent a tubal ligation procedure in 2004 in which a Filshie Clip was utiliz[...]
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Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Filed In Connecticut Federal Court
January 6, 2024
On January 2, 2024, a federal lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against CooperSurgical, Inc., The Cooper Companies, Inc., Femcare, Ltd. – UK subsidiary of Utah Medical Products, Inc., and Utah Medical Products, Inc. that alleges, in part: Filshie[...]
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Filshie Clip Migration Requiring Surgical Removal: Case Report
January 3, 2024
Abstract Introduction: Tubal ligation is currently one of the most common contraception methods used globally. Theprocedure may be performed laparoscopically or via hysteroscope. It can be performed immediately after childbirth,in the postpartum period, or at a time unrelated to pregnancy. Advances [...]
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Should Filshie Clips Be Recalled In 2023? (Part One)
August 3, 2023
Should Filshie Clips Be Recalled In 2023? We have been receiving increasing calls and inquiries from women throughout the United States regarding their experiences with the Filshie clips implanted in them for birth control purposes. Some of the Filshie clip procedures were done immediately after del[...]
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Australia Filshie Clip Recall
June 12, 2023
Australia Filshie Clip Recall: The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Therapeutic Goods Administration states on its website that there was a recall commenced on July 1, 2020 for Filshie clips, inter alia, for “Product Defect Correction” for the following stated rea[...]
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Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Alleges Wrongdoing By Manufacturer, Distributor, And Others
April 20, 2023
Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Alleges Wrongdoing By Manufacturer, Distributor, And Others: A recently filed Filshie clip migration lawsuit in Connecticut alleges on behalf of eleven women plaintiffs that one or more of the defendants (COOPERSURGICAL, INC., COOPER COMPANIES, INC., FEMCARE, LTD. – [...]
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Connecticut Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Filed
April 15, 2023
Filshie Clip Migration Lawsuit Filed: On April 3, 2023, a Filshie clip migration lawsuit was filed on behalf of eleven women in Connecticut state court that alleged, in part: “It should go without saying that it is of the utmost importance that women know all risks associated with a particular[...]
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How Often Do Filshie Clips Migrate?
January 19, 2023
How Often Do Filshie Clips Migrate? — In applying for premarket approval of the Filshie Clip System in 1993, the applicant reported clip migration or expulsion as an adverse event at the rate of 0.13%. (See pages 11 and 49 of 85). “Of the 5454 women who were enrolled in the ten prospecti[...]
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Filshie Clip Litigation Early-Stage Victory!
January 18, 2023
Filshie Clip Litigation Early-Stage Victory! — In its Order filed on January 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia DENIED the Filshie clip Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss. Background Plaintiffs are three women and one of their spouses who allege t[...]
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