Stryker Accolade V40 LFIT Hip Implant Dissociation -
Over the past few years, various orthopedic surgeons around the country and their patients have faced a catastrophic failure of Stryker’s Accolade and V40 LFIT hip...more
After a decade of receiving several black eyes over failed metal on metal implants, the orthopedic device industry is bracing itself for a second wave of metal failure related embarrassment.
The metal on metal debacle...more
Stryker V40 Femoral Heads (CoCr) Associated With Spontaneous and Catastrophic Head-Neck Dissociation -
Stryker may face yet another crisis associated with their total hip replacement medical devices – and this time it...more
Several plaintiffs that were implanted with Boston Scientific’s Obtryx transobturator Mid-Urethral Sling System alleged in their lawsuits that the manufacturer, Boston Scientific, ignored warning that devices containing...more
The scrutiny that has arisen within the healthcare community over hysterectomies performed by laparoscopic power morcellation has the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) thinking twice about the safety of the procedure....more
When one big industry sues another we learn a lot about how business as usual is conducted.
In this case Humana, a giant health insurer, has sued the medical device company Medtronic, maker of the Infuse bone graft. ...more
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Recently published literature in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery draws the conclusion that the short-term, high rate of corrosion-related revision with Rejuvenate modular neck implants is “striking.”...more
Shareholders have sued the maker of a surgical robot claiming the company has “grossly underreported” injuries and deaths attributed to the da Vinci....more
While it is not official, Bloomberg is reporting that Coloplast A/S, one of the smaller manufacturers of transvaginal meshes, is said to be willing to settle a number of lawsuits for $16 million....more