Recent Posts in Medical Device Category
Posted on May 8, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
A Medtronic device used to give the brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions has been recalled because of a potentially life-threatening flaw. ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
All medical devices are required to go through an extensive testing process conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in or to be used out on the market in our country. The FDA is a ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
A South Dakota woman who was already awarded over $3 million for injuries she suffered as a result of her vaginal mesh implant saw her award nearly triple on February 28 when the amount of the ...
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Posted on Mar 18, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is examining new evidence that might prove a newly approved group of diabetes drugs increases the risk of developing pancreatitis and other serious health ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
Just 6 years ago the U.S Food and Drug Administration decided it was time to lift the ban off of silicone breast implants in the world of cosmetic surgeries. In the recent years, these implants have ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
On February 25, a jury decided that Johnson & Johnson should pay a South Dakota woman $3.35 million for failing to adequately warn her doctor of the potential dangers posed by its vaginal mesh ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
On February 23, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has sent notice to all healthcare professionals of a Class I recall of an orthopedic device manufactured by Johnson & Johnson’s ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
In 2011, just one year after Johnson & Johnson recalled 93,000 metal-on-metal hip implants, the company internally estimated that 37 percent of the devices would fail within 4.6 years, according ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2013 By Arnold & Itkin
Heart device maker St. Jude Medical announced on January 14 that it received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about manufacturing and quality-control problems at its ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Zimmer Holdings Inc. is a medical device company that has recently been the subject of some controversy. In the recent past, Zimmer's hip replacement "durom cup" was shown to cause ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
A 71 year old woman underwent a hip replacement surgery in 2011, and received the Stryker Rejuvenate hip implant device. Not even a year later she has experienced many difficulties with her supposed ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
A woman who claims she suffered injury from the now-recalled ceramic Stryker hip implant filed suit against the company on August 7. The suit represents the first of what is likely to be many injury ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scaled back approval for Stryker's Wingspan brain stent after evidence revealed that it may cause an increase in stroke or death for patients treated ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Stryker, a manufacturer of medical products and devices, has recently issued a recall of their rejuvenate hip implants. The hip implants were showing a high failure rate as well as causing extensive ...
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Posted on May 21, 2012 By Defective Product Attorney
Recent concern has grown for defective heart defibrillators at St. Jude Medical, Inc. This fear began to grow in 2005, when heart defibrillators made by Guidant – a leading manufacturer in the ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Cytarabine is an injection used both by itself and in addition to other chemotherapy drugs in order to treat leukemia. The FDA issued a warning on February 16, 2012 saying that the drug can cause ...
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Posted on Feb 16, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine warned that, "Patients in the United States continue to be exposed to underperforming and potentially hazardous medical devices after they ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Product Liability Lawyer
Trial began on January 9, 2012 for Stryker Biotech Unit and three of their representatives. Stryker was fined $15 million after pleading guilty to misbranding and selling a medical product. The ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Product Liability Attorney
Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) is a French-owned company that was once the third largest seller of breast prostheses, selling over 300,000 implants around the world. Scandal now surrounds the founder, ...
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