The first bellwether trials over medical devices that are designed to prevent blood clots during surgery have failed to carve out a clear winner, with another trial set to begin next week. About 9,000 ...

PHOENIX — In a ruling on the transfer of 10 cases, a federal judge in Phoenix remarked that more than 4,000 cases have been filed against Bard IVC Filters for allegedly defective and dangerous ...

Medical device product liability litigation can take a number of seemingly unique twists and turns, but the case of Nelson v. Bard took a path that might have been predicted based on FDA-mandated ...

Two specific types of vena cava filters, devices used to prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs, appear to have evidence of fracturing inside the body, with some fractured fragments traveling to ...

An IVC filter is a medical appliance used to prevent dangerous blood clots from migrating to the heart, lungs or brain. The filters are used after someone has undergone surgery to prevent pulmonary ...

A federal jury in Arizona's verdict included $2 million in punitive damages against the makers of an implanted blood filter that broke apart and left fragments in a woman's heart and lodged in her ...

MADISON, Wis., Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that a $3.3 million jury verdict against medical device company Bard ...

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute ...

CHICAGO (CN) - A heart implant splintered, requiring immediate open-heart surgery and leaving fractured metal in a woman's lungs that cannot be safely removed, she claims in court. Kelly Vlasvich sued ...