In many cases, the failure of an IVC filter can mean surgery to remove pieces of the device that have broken off and migrated to other areas within the patient’s body. Migration of the device as well as perforation of veins and organs are among the numerous adverse effects that have triggered thousands of IVC filter failure lawsuits around the country. Cook Medical has ...
Indianapolis Jury Hands Down $3 Million IVC Filter Verdict
Posted February 20, 2019 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
Cook IVC Filter Trial Results in $1 Million Verdict
Posted June 28, 2018 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | IVC Filter Failure | Product News and Recalls
A Houston jury awarded a plaintiff $1.2 million in a suit brought as a result of the failure of a Cook Medical “Celect” series IVC filter. This is the third trial the company has faced over allegations that the devices are prone to migration, breakage, and perforation of vital tissues and organs.
IVC filters are small, spider-like devices that are placed in the inferior ...
continue reading...New Research Shows High Degree of Overuse of IVC Filters in United States
Posted September 19, 2017 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
New research has emerged detailing what appears to be a significant over-reliance on IVC filters by the medical community in the United States. The study was led by Dr. Riyaz Bashir of Temple University and Temple University Hospital, and found that more than one million IVC filters had been placed in patients over a ten year period.
That total accounts for an increase of IVC filter implants ...
continue reading...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 ...
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