Science and evidence-based research is, by its very design, difficult. There are hurdles that must be overcome at every step of the way as the researcher actively searches for ways that their study could be invalidated. But, in the end, the goal of every study remains the same: to ask a question and to be able to arrive at a definitive answer; or, at the very ...
JAMA Study Concludes No IVC Filter Benefit in Trauma Patients
Posted March 14, 2017 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
IVC Filter Implantation Process Could Be Flawed from the Start
Posted February 24, 2017 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
The Cleveland Clinic has issued a report on a recent national cohort study that details a dramatic rise in the use of IVC filters since 1999. The study focuses on Medicare beneficiaries discharged with pulmonary embolism, and suggests that doctors have found the devices to be “more palatable” because most models manufactured today can be removed.
However, the report also acknowledges a major ...
continue reading...Overused and Easily Forgotten – The Threats of IVC Filters
Posted February 13, 2017 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
When a patient is implanted with an IVC filter, they may not know it but a clock starts. Small, brittle, and with a long history of faults, the risks of injury posed by some filters start to accumulate within days of the implantation. And, perhaps unbeknownst to the patient, the longer the device stays in place, the greater the chance becomes that those risks turn into actual medical issues ...
Judge Chooses First Cook IVC Filter Case to go to Trial
Posted August 11, 2016 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
In a major step forward for the hundreds of plaintiffs lined up to take action against Cook Medical, the first bellwether IVC filter trials have been selected to begin in 2017.
Over 650 lawsuits have been filed against the medical device manufacturer over allegations that it knew about issues with its IVC filter line, yet continued to market and sell the devices to an ...
continue reading...Woman Says Bard IVC Filter Strut Broke Off, Became Lodged in Back
Posted January 11, 2016 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A Missouri woman has filed a Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter lawsuit alleging that part of the company’s G2 filter broke off and became lodged in her back. The new case will join more than 60 federal Bard IVC filter lawsuits pending in a multidistrict litigation in Arizona.
IVC filters are small, spider-shaped devices inserted into the vena cava to catch or break up blood clots before they ...
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