The walls are closing in on Bayer A.G. as Essure lawsuits mount across the country. The tide has turned against the company after a California judge ruled 14 Essure...
Inferior Vena Cava filters (IVC filters) are designed to reduce a patient’s risk of complications from blood clots, but for some patients the filters themselves provide the greatest risk...
As an increasing number of patients experience complications with retrievable IVC filters, doctors are faced with a new challenge: how to remove the defective devices. The devices should be...
A California woman filed a lawsuit against Cook Medical after one of the company’s IVC filters fractured inside her body, causing pieces of the device to get lodged in...
C.R. Bard faces an increasing number of lawsuits alleging its inferior vena cava filters (IVC filters) are defective and the company failed to warn patients and doctors of the...
The controversy surrounding IVC filters in the U.S. has been mounting for some time, and now our neighbors to the north have joined in the fight to hold IVC...
When a California judge ruled 14 lawsuits filed against Bayer A.G. over its Essure device could proceed, it ended Bayer’s successful track record of dodging lawsuits. The ruling not...
The stress of more than 980 IVC filter lawsuits is starting to get to Cook Medical. The number of lawsuits against company surpassed other IVC filter manufacturers like C.R....
For patients who have undergone open heart surgery in the past few years, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a strong warning: you might have an...