Women who were injured by a Filshie Clip birth control device have filed lawsuits against the manufacturer.
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What is the Filshie Clip?
The Filshie Clip® is a birth control device that was approved in September 1996. The device is a silicone-lined, titanium clip that is placed on the fallopian tubes during a minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery that usually lasts about 30 minutes.
How Does It Work?
The clip is supposed to pinch the fallopian tubes and cause scar-tissue to close the tubes and permanently prevent the fertilization of egg and sperm. It was advertised as an alternative to traditional tubal ligation surgery for women who want to avoid pregnancy.
What is the Problem?
According to recent lawsuits, patient data shows that Filshie Clips can potentially move out of position (migrate) in up to 25% of patients. Before the Filshie Clip was approved in the 1990s, the manufacturer told the FDA that it only had a 0.13% risk of migration.
Filshie Clip Lawsuits
The Filshie Clip has been implanted in over 10,000 women since it was approved in 1996. In some cases, women have needed surgery or experienced severe pain when it migrated.
The first lawsuit, Bulox, et al. v. CooperSurgical Inc., et al. was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 2021. Other lawsuits have been in at least 10 other states.
Lawsuit Filed by Group of 11 Women Injured by Filshie Clips
In April 2023, a group of 11 women who were injured filed a Filshie Clip lawsuit against the manufacturer, CooperSurgical Inc.
This lawsuit alleges that Filshie Clips “pose a significant health risk” and can potentially wreak “havoc on the female body.”
For example, one woman said she experienced pain and difficulty standing. One of her Filshie Clips was found embedded in her uterus; the other was broken. Another woman in the lawsuit said her Filshie Clips migrated into her abdomen and near an ovary, causing severe pain. Yet another woman said she had difficulty walking due to pain.
The lawsuit is Walsh, et al. v. CooperSurgical Inc., et al — Case Number FBT-CV23-6123122-S.
Filshie Clip Lawsuit Filed by Injured Woman in Alabama
In March 2023, a Filshie Clip lawsuit was filed by a Jackie M., a woman from Alabama. She claims that CookerSurgical and Femcare Ltd failed to warn her about the actual risk of the Filshie Clips moving out of position. In her lawsuit, she claims that migration “was not an anomaly, as it was occurring in over 25% of patients.”
Her lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (Southern Division) — Case Number 1:22-cv-54-RAH.
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