News tagged with 'OBTape'

Amber Suriani liked what she heard. Turning 40 and suffering the inconvenience of a light case of urinary incontinence, she liked hearing there was a quick fix – a sling would be placed under her urethra and she would be back to practicing karate the same week. Instead she's filing suit.

Vaginal mesh surgery sounded like a good idea to correct urinary incontinence that comes from childbirth, but so far there are at least 32 lawsuits filed against Mentor's ObTape and more are in the pipeline. The FDA reports 1,000 adverse reports from manufacturers concerning complications.

Johnson & Johnson will acquire the troubled Mentor Corporation, the subject of a multitude of lawsuits concerning its ObTape product and breast implants.