On October 30, 2019, the FDA announced a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall for medical devices that may cause serious injuries or death, regarding Johnson and Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary’s recall of its ECHELON FLEX™ ENDOPATH® staplers… Read More
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South Dakota Federal Court Sentences 3 Conspirators In $16.6M Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme
On April 20, 2018, a South Dakota federal judge sentenced three conspirators who admitted to marketing and selling light-emitting medical devices (“QLaser”) as a cure-all to mostly elderly consumers. The 83-year-old ringleader who was the primary organizer of the fraudulent… Read More
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Cook Medical Facing More Than 500 IVC Filter Claims
Cook Medical, a large Indiana-based medical device supplier in the United States, is facing more than 500 medical device claims filed against it with regard to its inferior vena cava (IVC) filters, which are small, cage-like medical devices that are… Read More
