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Apr 13

Personal Injury Attorneys: FDA Updates Warnings About Power Morcellators’ Risk of Spreading Cancer

Personal Injury attorneys report on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated warnings about power morcellators and their effects on women. Recently, information has come to light suggesting that “the use of laparoscopic power morcellators may contribute to the spread and upstaging of unsuspected uterine cancer in women undergoing hysterectomy and myomectomy for fibroids.” The FDA […]

Nov 11

Personal Injury Attorneys and Boston Scientific Meet in Federal Court Over Transvaginal Mesh Injuries

By Angela Leone

Boston Scientific is facing its first federal trials in two courts over claims that their transvaginal mesh devices caused injury. One is in Charleston, WV and involves allegations from four women over the Obtryx vaginal mesh device, used to treat stress urinary incontinence. The other trial is in Miami and involves women implanted with the […]

Jul 16

Medtronic Infusion Pump Flaws Responsible for 14 Deaths

By Joe Messa

Philadelphia personal injury lawyers advise patients of 14 deaths related to the use of Medtronic Inc.’s SynchroMed Implantable Infusion System. The infusion pumps were found to have four flaws that caused the deaths. The most frequent complication was the inadvertent injection of a drug into the patient’s subcutaneous tissue, rather than into the pump, which […]

Jan 14

Infusion Pumps Recalled After Motor Stalls

By Joe Messa

A class I recall of two infusion pumps manufactured by Medtronic has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the motor on the pumps failed when used with drugs not specifically approved for them. The SynchroMed II Implantable and SynchroMed EL Implantable infusion pumps may stall and stop drug delivery which can […]

Aug 01

Personal Injury Attorneys: Synthes Sued For Death During Bone-Cement Trials

By Joe Messa

Personal injury attorneys have filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson on behalf of the family of a woman who died after receiving injections of Synthes’s Norian SRS drug. Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, manufactures medical devices for spinal procedures and implants for the treatment of damaged bones. On Jan. 13, 2003, during bone-cement […]

Jun 06

Personal Injury Lawyers: Johnson & Johnson Plans to Stop Selling Vaginal Mesh Implants that Have Caused Injuries

By Cesar Pinto

Personal Injury Lawyers: Johnson & Johnson Plans to Stop Selling Vaginal Mesh Implants that Have Caused Injuries Personal injury lawyers have recently learned that Johnson & Johnson says it will stop selling four of its vaginal mesh implant devices worldwide. Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson division, manufactures the devices used to treat incontinence and shore […]

Mar 29

Personal Injury Lawyers Weigh In on Proposed New Legislation to Strengthen FDA Approval Process

By Cesar Pinto

Personal Injury Lawyers Weigh In on Proposed New Legislation to Strengthen FDA Approval Process A new proposed bill, the Safety of Untested and New Devices (SOUND) Act, was introduced by Representative Edward Markey at a press conference last week. The bill would allow the Food and Drug Administration to require medical device manufacturers seeking approval […]

Mar 12

Personal Injury Attorneys: FDA Letter Warns Medical Device Manufacturer About Handling of Complaints

By Cesar Pinto

Personal Injury Attorneys: FDA Letter Warns Medical Device Manufacturer About Handling of Complaints The Food and Drug Administration has released a copy of the warning letter sent to Synthes Inc. last month. The letter serves as the FDA’s official notice to the medical device company of the ongoing investigation into its “failure to establish and […]

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