Category: Medical Devices

Essure Birth Control

Congressman Introduces ‘E-Free Act’ to Take Essure Birth Control Off Market

Representative Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) has introduced a bill to congress that would force the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to take the Essure birth control implant off the market. Free Essure Class Action Lawsuit Evaluation: If you or a...

Essure Class Action Lawsuit

Essure Class Action Lawsuit

Update: FDA Issues New Guidance For Reporting Essure Problems The FDA has issued new conditions (PDF) to Bayer for submitting post-market information about Essure birth control. Per the updated guidelines, Bayer is required to start providing adverse event reports to...

Cook Celect IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit

Cook Celect IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit

Overview The Cook Celect IVC filter is a medical device that is inserted into the inferior vena cava (a large vein that caries deoxygenated blood to the heart) to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients at risk for developing blood clots....

Bard Recovery IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit

Update: Bard Recovery IVC Filters Linked to 27 Deaths, 300 Injuries September 10, 2015 – A 2-part investigation recently aired on NBC Nightly News questioned why C.R. Bard continued to sell its Recovery IVC filter, even after it was aware that...

Cook IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit

Cook IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit

Update: Tennessee Man Files Lawsuit Over Cook Vena Cava Filter Complications June 20, 2017 – A lawsuit (PDF) has been filed against Cook Medical by a man from Tennessee who claims he was injured after being implanted with a Günther...

Bard IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit

Bard IVC Filter Class Action Lawsuit

Update: Bard Ordered to Pay $3.6 Million in First IVC Filter Bellwether Trial April 4, 2018 – A federal jury in Arizona on Friday ordered C.R. Bard, Inc. to pay $3.6 million to a Georgia woman who suffered serious complications...