Medical Devices

America has the most expensive medical system in the world. Manufacturers justify this by claiming they are innovating, producing, and selling the most advanced medical devices in the world. What they don’t say is that they often sell these expensive devices to patients without proper testing, and even after they discover the devices are actually causing injury.

Thousands of life-changing medical injuries occur every month due to negligence and consumers often do not know where to look or whom to turn to when they are faced with a painful injury. Law firms that handle such cases help people get their lives on track and can earn multi-million dollar settlements for their hard work. Best Case Leads employs sophisticated techniques to capture and deliver client inquiries to your firm in real time. We use stringent guidelines to generate only the best mass tort leads and provide the highest possible case retention rates for our clients.

Potential claimants who have been seriously harmed by a defective drug or medical device usually don’t know an attorney that specializes in mass tort cases. The power of the internet provides a wealth of information for victims who are looking for legal help during a very painful and stressful time in their lives. Many are suffering from some of the most life-changing and painful injuries that were sustained as the result of a drug or medical implant that should never have been on the market in the first place.

Our network of online resources is designed to give potential mass tort claimants valuable information and a way to connect with expert legal help by filling out one of our comprehensive lead forms. We capture relevant contact information, the type of drug or medical device, the date of ingestion or implantation and other critical information that improves the quality of the claimant’s case. This becomes a valuable, exclusive lead that is sent directly to your firm as a potential retained case.

Current Medical Devices Investigations and Lawsuits

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Essure

Hernia Mesh

IVC Filters

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Previous Investigations and Lawsuits

MEDICAL DEVICE	ISSUE
Alere InRatio	The use of the Alere INRatio and INRatio 2PT/INR Monitor System and INRatio Test Strips were associated with incorrect INR readings.
Attune Knee	Surgical glue failed to properly hold the device to a patient’s tibia bone.
Depuy Hip	On August 24, 2010, DePuy Orthopedics issued a recall of the ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System, as they were failing at a higher rate than other types of hip replacements.
Essure	Hundreds of claims were filed against Bayer and Conceptus Inc. by women who suffered severe abdominal damage when their Essure birth control device moved and punctured the uterus and fallopian tubes.
Guidant	In 2005 Guidant issued safety warnings on 11 models of defibrillators because of malfunctions with the magnetic switch inside the device getting stuck and preventing the device from providing treatment.
Medronic Defibrillator Wire	In 2007, Medtronic announced that several of the electrical wires it sold were defective and may have contributed to the deaths of at least five patients by failing to deliver a necessary shock.
Nuvaring	Nuvaring is a “third-generation” hormone contraceptive that has been associated with Stroke, Heart Attack, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Myocardial Infarction, Cerebrovascular Accidents, Pulmonary Embolism, Death.
Olympus Video Colonoscope	The Olympus Colonoscope can be difficult to properly clean after each use, which results in the device spreading a bacterial infection from one patient to another.
Ortho Evra	On November 10, 2005, Ortho McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson, warned millions of women using Ortho Evra that the birth control patch exposes them to significantly higher doses of hormones and may put them at greater risk for blood clots.
Power Morcellators	Power Morcellators have been associated with an increased risk of significantly upstaging undiagnosed cancer during laparoscopic uterine fibroid removal surgeries.
Prisma Dialysis	The Prisma CRRT is a type of kidney dialysis system used in hospital intensive care units for critically ill patients. The FDA became aware of serious injuries and deaths associated with the use of the device in August 2005.
St. Jude Defibrillator	The St. Jude Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices manufactured between 2010 and 2015 had issues with the battery prematurely failing without giving proper warning.
Stryker Hip	The Stryker hip recalls involve the LFIT Anatomic V40 femoral head utilized in the Stryker Accolade, and also the Rejuvenate and ABG II hip modules.
Transvaginal Mesh	In July 2011, the FDA issued heightened warnings regarding the use of transvaginal mesh for the repair of pelvic organ prolapse.
Zimmer Hip	In July 2008, Zimmer Holdings announced that it was suspending sales of the Durom acetabular cup, an artificial hip component, as a result of high implant failure rates.
Zimmer Knee	In September 2010, the FDA issued a recall on one particular Zimmer knee replacement product known as NexGen MIS.
Zimmer Shoulder	The Zimmer Biomet Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder System Humeral Tray Model 115340 manufactured between August 2008 and September 2011 was the subject of a recall.

Current Medical Devices Investigations and Lawsuits

Previous Investigations and Lawsuits

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