In 2013, Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $ 11.1 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a woman who said Ethicon's Prolift
vaginal mesh device caused her severe pain and unable to sit for more than 20 minutes at a time.
Vaginal mesh devices are used to treat Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) and Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) in women.
Vaginal mesh devices are also used to treat stress urinary incontinence.
Not exact matches
The FDA further asserts that the transvaginal
mesh devices are no more beneficial than other
vaginal surgeries yet pose more serious health risks to women.
Other medical
device companies facing
vaginal mesh product liability lawsuits include Boston Scientific, C.R. Bard, Cook Medical, Endo Health, American Medical Systems, and Coloplast.
Thousands of women across the nation are filing lawsuits against the makers of
vaginal mesh implants, saying the medical
devices caused pain, injury, or other harm.
• 4.8 % experienced
mesh erosion • 2.4 % experienced painful intercourse • 4 patients developed pelvic abscesses • 7 patients experienced
mesh shrinkage The US Food and Drug Administration says
vaginal mesh erosion is the most common complication related to this
device when used for pelvic organ repair.
Should the
mesh device erode or perforate, infection nerve damages, pain, sexual dysfunction, bleeding, pain during intercourse,
vaginal scarring, recurring prolapse, recurring intercourse,
vaginal shrinking, emotional trauma, and other serious side effects may result.
In Massachusetts, you want to work with a Boston
vaginal mesh defect law firm that knows how to recoup defective medical
device compensation for the harm a victim has suffered.
Unfortunately, the health complications that have been reported by women who received a
mesh implant
device have proven to be more serious than the benefits, including: severe pain, nerve damage, infection,
vaginal scarring, recurring SUI or POP,
vaginal shrinkage, painful intercourse, bleeding, neuro - muscular issues, and organ perforation.
More Blog Posts: Settlement Reached in
Vaginal -
Mesh Implant Case, Boston Injury Lawyer Blog, August 2, 2012 Defective Medical
Device?
Her
vaginal sling lawsuit notes that before undergoing the original implant procedure in 1998, the medical
device manufacturer had already started preparing for a safer, newer,
mesh product than the one she was given.
A transvaginal
mesh is a
device implanted into a woman's
vaginal canal in order to treat certain issues resulting in the pelvic floor weakness.
In her transvaginal
mesh device case, the plaintiff contends that she suffered serious complications because the Vesica kit
vaginal sling she was implanted with in 1998 was defective.
In West Virginia, U.S. magistrate judge Cheryl Eifert, where
vaginal mesh lawsuits have been consolidated for pre-trial hearings, found that the manufacturer's Ethicon unit, which manufactures TVT Retropubic and Gynecare Prolift
meshes, destroyed or lost thousands of computer files and documents about the
devices going back as far as 2007.
Vaginal Mesh Injuries Lead to Boston Defective Medical
Device Lawsuits, Boston Injury Lawyer Blog, September 22, 2011
These companies could face thousands of transvaginal
mesh lawsuits alleging that the
devices were defective and led to severe side effects, including limited mobility, tissue damage and
vaginal organ perforation.
The
vaginal mesh implant
devices have been popular for treating Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse.
At Altman & Altman, LLP our Boston
vaginal mesh injury lawyers represent women who have suffered serious health complications from an implant
device.
She claims that she experienced the side effects of pain,
mesh erosion, and
vaginal scarring after she was implanted with their
devices.
Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, lost or destroyed records and documents that likely contained evidence relevant to injury lawsuits over the medical
device company's
vaginal mesh implants, a federal magistrate judge concluded in a pretrial order issued Feb. 4, 2014.
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Vaginal Mesh Lawsuit Can Proceed, Says Appeals Court, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, October 18, 2013 Transvaginal
Mesh Lawsuits Continue to Be Brought Against CR Bard, Boston Scientific, American Medical Systems, Other Medical
Device Manufacturers, Drug Injury Lawyers Blog, July 17, 2013
Vaginal Mesh Injuries Lead to Boston Defective Medical
Device Lawsuits, Boston Injury Lawyer Blog, September 22, 2011
Vaginal mesh is a net like
device.