Category: Medical Devices
First Out of 1200 Wright Hip Implant Lawsuits Goes to Trial
The first trial out of more than 1,200 lawsuits involving the Wright Profemur hip replacement is underway in Los Angeles, California.
FDA Found Problems With Scope-Cleaning Machines in 2012
May 29, 2015 -- The Los Angeles Times has learned that the FDA knew about problems with a popular endoscope-cleaning machine years ago. The manufacturer, Custom Ultrasonics, was ordered to stop manufacturing and selling the machines, known as automated endoscope...
FDA Issues Warning Letter for Signal MicroSeal Hip Implant
May 28, 2015 -- Signal Medical Corp. has been issued a warning letter after the FDA found that it made “major changes” to the MicroSeal hip implants without seeking approval or testing the new product for safety. According to the...
Seattle Hospital Joins Olympus Scope Infection Lawsuit
May 28, 2015 -- Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle has joined a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died from a “superbug” infection transmitted on a contaminated medical scope made by Olympus Corp, according to the...
FDA Warns About Severe Side Effects of Dermal Fillers
May 28, 2015 -- The FDA is warning that soft-tissue fillers, facial implants, and wrinkle fillers can cause disfiguring or even life-threatening side effects when they are accidentally injected into blood vessels. Injecting soft-tissue fillers into certain locations on the...
F.B.I. Investigates Cancer Risks of Power Morcellators
The F.B.I. is investigating how much Johnson & Johnson knew about cancer-spreading hazards of its morcellator surgical tool before pulling them off the market last July.
Medtronic Must Stop Selling SynchroMed Infusion Pumps
May 22, 2015 -- Medtronic must stop most sales of its SynchroMed infusion pumps, after a decade of failing to correct problems linked to over a dozen patient deaths. Medtronic has notified doctors of four potential defects with the pumps....
Texas Varian Linear Accelerator Lawyer
Patients with cancer have been severely injured or died after receiving massive overdoses of radiation from Varian linear accelerators that were not used safely. Need a Texas Varian Linear Accelerator Lawyer? Collen A. Clark is a true advocate for his...
Dirty Medical Scopes Continue to Pose Health Risks
May 15, 2015 -- Contaminated medical scopes continue to pose serious health risks due to basic design flaws and complex mechanisms that are difficult to clean, an expert panel to the FDA has warned at a hearing yesterday. The hearing...
Lawmakers Slam FDA Response on Endoscope Infections
May 11, 2015 -- Lawmakers want answers on why the FDA waited until after several deadly infection outbreaks before issuing its strongest warnings about disease-transmission on contaminated medical scopes. Last week, the FDA told lawmakers it became aware of a...