Medical Devices & Implants

• Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Risks Outweigh Benefits

  Shezad Malik MD JD | November 01, 2011 8:10 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  A group of medical researchers and scientists have determined that the potential risks from metal-on-metal hip implants may outweigh any health benefits provided by these devices. This is because...

• Trans Vaginal Mesh / Bladder Sling Injuries

  Shezad Malik MD JD | October 27, 2011 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  One of the most frustrating things our potential clients tells us is that they do not know what type of device has been implanted. To complicate matters even more, there are about 11 manufacturers...

• Medical Devices - Time For More Oversight, Not Less

  Nicole Greer | October 27, 2011 12:14 PM | 4 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Do you use a medical device? You probably do, even if you don’t know it. If you have been harmed by a medical device, you may have a legal claim. Do you wear contact lenses? CooperVision...

• Report: More Problems With Medical Device Payments To Surgeons

  Brett Emison | October 27, 2011 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  I wrote just two days ago about a Reuters report on the potential conflicts created by kickback-type payments to physicians who use certain medical devices. Now the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has...

• Bard Avaulta Vaginal Mesh / Bladder Sling Side Effects

  Shezad Malik MD JD | October 25, 2011 8:49 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Researchers are currently evaluating and investigating the latest medical device tragedy to be afflicting women of a certain age. Countless women who had a vaginal mesh or bladder sling medical...

• Chicago Tribune: Million-Dollar Payments To Surgeons Rise

  Brett Emison | October 25, 2011 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Multi-million dollar payments to doctors by drug and medical device companies are nothing new. But as a Reuters report shows, the payments are increasing and raising ethical questions for doctors....

• J&J Vaginal Mesh Approved by FDA Based on Recalled Device

  Shezad Malik MD JD | October 23, 2011 9:01 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), the world’s second-biggest health-care products maker, is facing many lawsuits over its Gynecare TVT vaginal implant. The Gynecare TVT implant is based on a...

• Defective Medical Devices Spark Questions and Criticism of FDA 510(k) Approval Process

  Brett Emison | October 20, 2011 12:00 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  Defective artificial hips that loosen and leach chromium particles into the body. Knee implants that have to be recalled. Vaginal mesh implants that do unspeakable damage to women. Defibrillators...

• Cochlear Implant Recalls and Injuries

  Shezad Malik MD JD | October 18, 2011 9:08 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  I am providing this important update regarding Cochlear Implants. Cochlear Ltd., the world's biggest maker of hearing implants, an Australian company, recalled its latest range of devices after a...

• Medtronic Infuse Side Effects and Injury

  Shezad Malik MD JD | October 14, 2011 9:17 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  Medtronic, a medical device company is in the news regarding reports about its synthetic bone growth product Infuse. In 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice began investigating whether Medtronic...