Posts Archive: Medical Devices & Drugs

It has long been the practice of surgeons to keep an anesthetized patient warm, believing a normothermic patient may have reduced incidence of post-surgical bleeding, surgical site infection, and potentially a shorter recovery time. One method hospitals use to keep surgical patients “normothermic” is an air warmer system. The Bair Hugger® in one such device. The Bair Hugge…

Yesterday Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, wrote an incriminating article about how the world’s fifth-largest pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson went to market with the drug Risperdal.

“Risperdal is a cautionary tale: When we allow businesses to profit from crimes, we all lose.”-Nicholas Kristof

According to the article, J&J put…

Any surgical procedure comes with at least a small element of risk. Complications can sometimes occur that puts a patient’s health at risk. However, after a recall it is important to find out if your hip is one of the devices that has been recalled.

On August 7, 2015, MicroPort Orthopedics, Inc. notified the medical community about an important recall regarding …

In today’s issue of The American Association for Justice News Brief, there was an article about four deaths linked to a heater-cooler device. Read the entire article below:

Four deaths linked to infection from Pennsylvania hospital’s heater-cooler device for heart surgery
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Infection After Bair Hugger® Used In Orthopedic Surgery?

Certain authors link 3M Bair Hugger® devices to an increased risk of infection after knee and joint replacement surgeries.

Bair Hugger® may be associated with an increase in the rate of deep tissue infections following total joint replacement surgeries. These deep infections often require multiple surgeries inc…

Every year thousands of people are injured by faulty medical devices that were never properly tested. Those affected know how difficult and frustrating dealing with the aftereffects of such an unpleasant event can be—a fact that, through years of experience helping such individuals, the lawyers at Meshbesher & Spence fully understand. If you are one of the many that has su…

Bair Hugger® blankets were developed to solve a perceived problem. During surgery, patients are put under using general anesthesia, which hampers the body’s ability to regulate its own temperature. By covering the patient with a disposable blanket, medical care providers are able to keep patients warm during an operation.

But new information has come to light ab…

Talc powder has long been a household staple in the form of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower powder. Talc has been used from infancy with diaper rash to women who use talc powder on a daily basis. Talc is a mineral composed primarily of magnesium, silicon and oxygen. Ground up, talc absorbs moisture and is commonly used in personal hygiene products. Tal…

Washington, California file lawsuit against J&J over pelvic mesh implants.

The AP (5/24, Johnson) reports that the Attorneys General of Washington and California filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, alleging that “for years the company misrepresented the risks of vaginal mesh implants it sold to repair pelvic collapse.” The lawsuit claims that J&J neglected to inf…

Hundreds of plaintiffs from around the country have filed lawsuits alleging that C.R. Bard and Cook Medical are responsible for injuries caused by defective IVC Filters. Published studies report that as many as 40% of the IVC Filters will fail after being implanted for only 5 years.
IVC filters are small, cage-like devices that are placed in the inferior vena cava (IV…