Woman Files Lawsuit Alleging she was implanted with Defective Inferior Vena Cava Filter

Medical devices can improve and save lives, but when manufacturers fail to properly ensure that their products are designed with safety in mind, they should be held legally accountable for the injuries incurred. A defective product lawsuit may be necessary to compensate an innocent victim, alert the public about the dangerous product, and create an economic incentive for the manufacturing company to produce safe products and provide sufficient warning of the dangers of their products, ultimately resulting in the saving of lives. For those in a medical device lawsuit, in need of emergency cash, Lawsuit Financial can help.

A California woman has filed a lawsuit claiming medical device companies manufactured a defective model of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter, a device used to prevent pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs).

The IVC filter first entered the market in June 2009, after receiving clearance from the FDA. The filter is a small mesh strainer placed in the center of the IVC to trap clots going to the heart of lungs. It may be left in place permanently or can be removed from the blood vessel later, when the risk of a clot traveling to the lung has passed.

In this case, the plaintiff was implanted with the device in September 2014. Subsequently, in April 2016, her doctor attempted surgical retrieval of the filter, but was unable to do so because the retrieval hook at the apex of the filter had become embedded into the wall of the plaintiff’s vena cava. The doctor also attempted to utilize a retrieval snare to extract the filter to no avail, according to the claim.

The lawsuit states that the defendants negligently manufactured a defective and unsafe product, did not warn customers of its flaws, and put a product on the market which may lead a patient to suffer “severe health side effects, including, but not limited to: hemorrhage; cardiac/pericardial tamponade; cardiac arrhythmia and other symptoms similar to myocardial infarction; perforations of tissue, vessels and organs; and other severe personal injuries and diseases.”

The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and an undisclosed amount in damages.

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