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Just before midnight on February 1, after deliberating for over 10 hours, an Indianapolis jury found that the design of Cook Medical’s Celect IVC filter is defective and awarded the Law Offices of Ben C. Martin’s client Tonya Brand $3 million in compensatory damages.  The verdict represents at least two firsts: it is the largest…

The FDA sent a warning letter to Bard regarding the device it manufactures and markets, and in particular, the Recovery Cone Removal System that is used to retrieve the company’s “optional” G2 IVC filters from the human body. C.R. Bard, Inc. has been making these filters, and others with a similar purpose, to prevent deep…

Transvaginal surgical mesh procedures have become problematic. These procedures include implanting a synthetic or biological material in order to repair weakened or damaged tissue and organs, often in a woman’s pelvic area. The diagnosis is typically referred to as pelvic organ prolapse (“POP”), or stress urinary incontinence (“SUI”). In 2008, the FDA issued a Public…

Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) is a medication used to treat blood clots from forming within the lungs. From a medical standpoint, it is categorized as an anticoagulant, or blood thinner, which has the purpose of thinning the blood in order to prevent dangerous blood clogging. Xarelto medication also has been commonly prescribed to stop deep vein thrombosis…

Xarelto (rivaroxaban) is part of a new generation of anticoagulants that are more commonly referred to as blood thinners. Anticoagulants are used to stop harmful blood clots that can obstruct the flow of blood to essential organs. Xarelto is supposed to do that – act as a new type of oral anticoagulant that is prescribed…