Surgical Mesh Fail: Stress Urinary Incontinence Surgery A surgical mesh implant is a net-like medical device that reinforces weakened or damaged tissue. It has several medicinal applications, including heart stents and repairing abdominal hernias. Synthetic (man-made) materials and animal tissue are the primary sources of surgical mesh. Mesh grafts are used to strengthen the weakened vaginal […]
FDA Continues Studies of the Dangers of Transvaginal Mesh
Even though transvaginal mesh devices used for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse (“POP”) are no longer commercially available, the FDA has required mesh manufacturers to conduct on-going studies to better understand what impacts the mesh has on women who have already been implanted with the mesh, long term. These studies are collaborative efforts with […]
Section 230: What is It and Why It Needs to Change
Social media websites and apps, ranging from Meta (Facebook and Instagram) to TikTok and YouTube, are generally shielded by Section 230, a Provision of the Communication Decency Act. The language of the act states that, “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information […]
Vaginal Mesh Erosion Lawsuit- Controversy Surrounding Mesh Implants
What are vaginal mesh implants? Vaginal mesh implants or slings, which have been put in millions of women during urogynecologic surgeries to treat POP (pelvic organ prolapse) and SUI (stress urinary incontinence), have been associated with a high prevalence of significant mesh problems. Women demanding compensation for catastrophic injuries such as mesh erosion and extrusion, […]
The Dangers of Pelvic Mesh That You Need to Know
Pelvic mesh is a tool used to help treat ailments such as Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence. Pelvic Organ Prolapse involves one or more pelvic organs dropping out of their normal position. Stress Urinary Incontinence is an involuntary leaking of urine when there’s pressure on the bladder. The material used to make pelvic […]
Defective DePuy Attune Knee System
Lawsuits are being filed over the DePuy Attune Knee System. David Love received the DePuy Attune Knee System, including a fixed tibial insert and a fixed tibial baseplate, in December 2015. He filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, on September 4th. (Case No. 4:18-cv-00695-BP) After the procedure, Love experienced […]
Zimmer hip implant manufacturing subject to FDA action
Zimmer Holdings Inc. has a documented history of releasing flawed hip replacement implants onto the U.S. market. Two of its products, the Zimmer M/L Taper Prosthesis and the Zimmer Durom Acetabular Component, have been linked to health problems and the need for additional surgeries in some patients. According to the FDA notice, the Zimmer devices […]
Update on forming MDL for Zimmer hip M/L Taper implants
Motion Filed to Centralize Zimmer Hip Lawsuits Over M/L Taper with Kinective Technology and VerSys Femoral Head As a growing number of hip replacement lawsuits continue to be filed over problems with the Zimmer M/L Taper with Kinectiv Technology and VerSys femoral head, a group of plaintiffs are calling for all federal cases to be […]
Depuy knee implants
DePuy Knee Lawsuit: Devices Involved in Lawsuits DePuy knee replacement systems are one of the most popular knee replacement systems available on the market. The DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson of make several components for partial knee replacement and revision surgeries, and total knee replacement systems. People have knee replacement surgery for many […]
Zimmer M/L Taper Hip cases
In June 2018, a motion was filed to form multidistrict litigation over the Zimmer M/L Taper Hip cases. It is very likely that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will decide at a hearing on 9/27/18 whether the Zimmer M/L Taper Hip cases will be an MDL. At this point it is not a […]