Medical Devices & Implants

• ASR Hip Implant Cup System Lawsuits

  Michael Monheit | May 11, 2012 6:23 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  In 2005, the FDA approved the ASR™ XL Acetabular Cup System for use in traditional hip replacement. The medical device was not required to undergo clinical trials but instead was cleared...

• Gastrointestinal Bleeding? Pradaxa Risk!

  Jackie Fedeli | March 20, 2012 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Pradaxa was approved by the FDA in October 2010 as an anticoagulant drug designed to prevent blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation. From the time that Pradaxa was approved the threat...

• Will $3 Billion be Enough to Satisfy DePuy Hip Recall Claims?

  Jackie Fedeli | March 06, 2012 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of DePuy Orthopaedics recently announced that it set aside $3 billion for patients and lawyers in product liability lawsuits, according to the New York...

• Where to turn for support for vicitims of vaginal mesh?

  Michael Monheit | March 05, 2012 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  The British news source the Daily Mail several months ago published an article highlighting the trauma that thousands of women around the world have experienced because of defective transvaginal...

• Did DePuy Doubt Hip Prior to Recall?

  Jackie Fedeli | February 23, 2012 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  A recent NY times article suggests that Johnson & Johnson knew of the premature failure rate of their hip replacement system, prior to the 2010 recall. In 2003, Johnson & Jonson...

• Transvaginal Mesh Patch Surgery May Have Higher Failure Rate According to New Study

  Jackie Fedeli | January 23, 2012 11:58 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  A new study published in the January 2012 American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology presented the latest information about the effectiveness of transvaginal mesh patch surgery to treat...

• FDA Warning: Implanted Vaginal Mesh & Complications

  Karyn Zoldan | January 09, 2012 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  A fivefold increase in adverse event reports related to the use of vaginal mesh to treat pelvic organ prolapse occurred from 2008 to 2010. In 2008, the FDA issued a warning that the use of...

• History of the FDA Approval of Wright Medical Technology, Inc.’s Conserve Hip Implant System

  Michael Monheit | December 14, 2011 10:08 AM | 1 CommentCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Yet another metal-on-metal hip replacement device is in the news for premature failures and serious complications. Last year it was the DePuy ASR system. Now it is Wright Medical...

• BioMet Metal on Metal (MoM) Hip Device Allegations

  Michael Monheit | December 12, 2011 12:25 PM | 4 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Metal-on-metal hip implant devices are a specific type of medical implant used in hip replacement surgery. The hip is the joint in the body that bears the most weight and it is what as known as a...

• Wright Conserve Hip Lawsuits Being Filed

  Michael Monheit | December 12, 2011 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  In 2009, the FDA approved a new hip replacement system known as the Conserve Plus System, which is manufactured and sold by Wright Medical Technology, Inc. Claiming to be an approach to hip...