On Tuesday, April 28th, Boston Scientific Corp, one of the leading manufacturers of transvaginal mesh products reached its first settlement agreement to resolve thousands of civil law suits that had been brought against them. Plaintiffs had experienced negative side effects after using mesh and sling devices from Boston Scientific Corp. and had brought lawsuits against...
Zimmer, one of the most prolific knee manufacturers, has really come under fire after recalling all of the lots and sizes of its Zimmer Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate/Persona TM Tibia. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was posted in March of this year and stated that the parts had been voluntarily recalled due to...
After transvaginal mesh products began to be introduced to the pharmaceutical market, many women thought that the mesh devices would bring them comfort after suffering from intimate discomforts like pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Transvaginal mesh slings or patches were created as alternatives to more invasive abdominal procedures but have so...
In a recent pretrial order, the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia has set a joint status conference for June 2nd of this year. The conference has ordered some of the largest manufacturers of transvaginal mesh and bladder sling plastic devices to appear before Judge Goodwin. The list of manufacturers...
Zimmer, the largest manufacturer of knee implants, has recently recalled its Persona Knee implants after a substantial number of patients complained of pain and complications after the implants were used in their knee replacement surgeries. The FDA has issued a Class II Recall regarding the implants, stating that they can loosen early and cause complications....
On March 12, Zimmer Persona recalled more than 11,600 of their personalized artificial knee component. The recall of these particular knee replacements primarily impacted all lots and size of the Zimmer Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plates. The knee components had only been used for three years, from November 2012 to early 2015, in knee replacement...
Surprisingly, many patients don’t even know the name or type of artificial hip they have in their bodies. Many of Dr. Mabrey’s patients for example, don’t realize that the ‘clicking’ noise they may hear is due to the fact that they have metal on metal hips. These particular hips are often made of chromium cobalt...
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