Tag: ivc filter
Lawsuit Filed Over Failed IVC Filter Retrieval
A lawsuit has been filed by a man who has a short-term IVC filter implanted in his body permanently because it tilted and became embedded in his vein. The retrieval procedure was unsuccessful.
Lawsuit Filed Over Broken IVC Filter in Lungs
A lawsuit has been filed by a woman who was severely injured when her tilted IVC filter broke during retrieval and got stuck in her left lung.
Lawsuit Filed Over IVC Filter Stuck in Vein
A man required two procedures to remove an IVC filter that was embedded in his vein, but he suffered severe venous damage as a result. The filter tilted 45º and the hook got stuck within 1 year of implantation.
Cook Celect® IVC Filter Lawsuit Filed in Florida
The FDA recommends removing IVC filters within 29 and 54 days, ideally. Recent studies show that 39% of Celect® filters puncture the vein within 30 days, often into nearby organs. This can make the filter impossible to remove and result...
Blood Clot IVC Filter Injury Lawsuit Filed in Pennsylvania
Around 3,000 lawsuits have been filed by people who were injured by severe, life-threatening side effects of Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) blood clot filters manufactured by Cook Medical and other companies.
Pennsylvania Woman Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed by a woman who was injured by an IVC blood clot filter. Studies show that 90% of these filters tilt in the vein, often within a few weeks, and 43% eventually puncture through the vein.
Alabama Man Files Recovery® IVC Filter Lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed by man from Alabama who was injured by an intravenous blood clot filter that fractures in approximately 40% of patients within 5.5 years. The filter was approved in 2003 and withdrawn in 2005, but never...
Washington Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
It is dangerous to implant a metal filter in the inferior vena cava (IVC) because the filter's needle-like wire legs can snap off, travel in the bloodstream, puncture the heart, or cause sudden death.
Nebraska Woman Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
C.R. Bard is facing around 1,500 lawsuits over Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters. Many involve Bard's 1st or 2nd-generation filters, which studies estimate fracture in 40% of patients within just 5 years.
Alabama Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
IVC filters are supposed to prevent deadly blood clots in the lungs. Instead, they often cause deadly side effects, especially when "short-term" filters are left implanted permanently. Some of the most problematic filters were pulled off the market without recalls...