Posted by PKSD Law Firm on Aug 31, 2017 in Defective Medical Devices
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently decided to recall 465,000 pacemakers due to security issues.
Regulators feared that certain vulnerabilities with these devices would allow hackers to access and reprogram them, possibly putting patients'…
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Posted by PKSD Law Firm on Feb 24, 2017 in Defective Medical Devices
A new federal report has revealed that the Federal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew about the link between power morcellators and uterine cancer for 23 years before the administration warned the public.
The Government Accountability Office…
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Posted by PKSD Law Firm on Sep 09, 2016 in Defective Medical Devices
The use of power morcellators has significantly decreased following a 2014 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning that the devices can cause the spread of cancerous cells throughout the abdomen.
Power morcellators have been in use since the 1990s…
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Posted by PKSD Law Firm on Mar 29, 2016 in Defective Medical Devices
Earlier this month, a federal jury in Texas found Johnson & Johnson liable for $500 million in damages in a Pinnacle hip implant case in which five patients sustained injuries following the implantation of the device sold by the company’s DePuy division.
The…
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Posted by PKSD Law Firm on Mar 23, 2016 in Defective Medical Devices
Manufacturer Johnson & Johnson has begun settling claims related to its power morcellator hysterectomy device which claimants say caused them harm by spreading undetected cancer.
To date, approximately 100 claims have been made against the company, of…
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Posted by PKSD Law Firm on May 06, 2015 in Defective Medical Devices
Zimmer Holdings Inc., maker of the Durom Cup hip implant, will soon have to fend off lawsuits over the medical device when two trials begin, The National Law Journal said in a recent article.
The plaintiffs Christine Brady and Gary Kline each had the…
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Posted by PKSD Law Firm on Apr 01, 2015 in Defective Medical Devices
In November 2014, Stryker Corporation agreed to settle thousands of claims related to its metal-on-metal hip implant devices. Now, the deadline to register a claim of injury, revision surgery or other loss has been extended to April 17, 2015.
For patients…
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Posted by PKSD Law Firm on Oct 26, 2010 in Defective Medical Devices
The following is an article that ran in the March 2010 Bioengineering Bulletin from the Department of Medical Engineering and Physics at the Royal Perth Hospital.
Metal-on-Metal Bearings: How Effective?
The increase in use of metal-on-metal (MoM) bearings…
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