Defective Medical Devices

Philips Respironics, who makes CPAP sleep apnea machines, has agreed to pay at least $479 million in a settlement over health risks from their toxic sound reducing foam. The settlement will go toward users who bought or rented the recalled devices....

3M has decided to pay $6 billion to settle 300,000 cases relating to their combat earplugs over the next five years. Use of these earplugs in the military resulted in permanent hearing loss and tinnitus injuries. 3M’s Combat Arms earplugs...

After holding a meeting with patients and attorneys regarding the birth control implant Essure, the FDA Commissioner issued a statement regarding the device and the concerns of those he met with. Bayer, the maker of the device, estimates that more...

A Phoenix woman was awarded $3.6 million in damages when a jury found C.R. Bard Inc. 80 percent responsible when her clot-stopping, Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter device broke apart in her body. However, the jury found that Bard was...

Pelvic mesh implants have been known to cause some serious harm to women who have had them implanted within their bodies. Commonly used to correct pelvic organ prolapse (POP), they are supposed to strengthen the pelvic wall and support internal...

Have you or someone you love had an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter implanted in your body to prevent pulmonary emboli? Thousands of individuals have had the dangerous medical devices implanted, and hundreds of users have experienced severe side effects...

IVC filters have been found to be highly dangerous for those they are implanted within. The defective medical devices, which are designed to reduce the risk of pulmonary embolisms in patients, have been linked to hundreds of adverse event reports,...

In the last six years transvaginal mesh has become one of the most sued-over medical devices in U.S. history. Adding to that legacy is Boston Scientific Corp., set to face its first federal trials in two courts over claims from...

Surgical mesh was first approved by the FDA in the 1950s to repair hernias. In the 1990s, the product was expanded to treat pelvic organ prolapsed and stress urinary incontinence conditions, particularly for women post-childbirth. However, thousands of women have...

Boston Scientific, a Massachusetts-based medical device company, was ordered to pay $73 million after a jury found that it was liable for leaving a woman in severe pain following a vaginal mesh implant. The award was comprised of $23 million...