The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have put out warnings about contaminated devices used in open heart surgery made with LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH). The device is a the 3T heater-cooler devices that…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes that a Class I recall has been issued on the Zimmer Biomet Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder with a product description of Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder System Humeral Tray Model 115340 distributed between October of 2008 and September of 2015.…
Smith & Nephew is a medical device manufacturer in London that provides their products worldwide used in hip, knee, and shoulder replacements. Their latest recall involving their hip replacement systems and the company voluntarily mailed out safety notice letters to inform the consumer on November…
Medical scope contamination is a bigger problem than understood with 300 to 350 patients and 41 hospitals worldwide (most in the U.S.) reporting patients being stricken with bacterial infections linked to the scopes. These figures may even be under-representing the true statistics given the fact…
Johnson & Johnson is the owner of DePuy Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants that were manufactured and distributed without any warnings by Johnson & Johnson of dangerous risks with the product. In fact, they promoted them as being safe, durable, and long-lasting despite the fact they…
Sanofi, the maker of epinephrine injectors for severe allergic reactions, has placed a recall on hundreds of thousands of its epi injectors due to the fact they may not provide the right amount of epinephrine and endanger lives of its users. The Auvi-Q injection pack…
Wright Medical Group is involved in ongoing litigation regarding the profemur replacement systems they manufactured for hip replacements. The product has been found to cause complications with early failure, leading to severe pain, difficulty walking and standing, and the subsequent loss of mobility. Some patients…
One only has to speak to the victims of transvaginal mesh side effects, and their partners, to understand womanthis material is medically dangerous, causes severe pain, and is hurtful to a patient’s intimate relationships. Has a medical provider has suggested this material be used in…
In 2001, the FDA approved a new birth control device, NuvaRing. By 2007, complications started to arise from the use of NuvaRing when a 32-year old woman died from complications associated with deep vein thrombosis. She died from a pulmonary thromboemboli. Other complications arising from…