Kentucky IVC Filter Users File Lawsuit Against Device Manufacturers, Cook Medical And Boston Scientific

July 18, 2016 – – TheProductLawyers.com reports on recent IVC filter lawsuit cases that plaintiffs have filed against the device’s manufacturers, linking the devices to detrimental, and even life-threatening side effects. New reports have indicated that Boston Scientific and Cook Medical have been named in several more IVC lawsuit cases in Kentucky. Both Kentucky lawsuits (5:16-cv-00065 & 5:16-cv-00066) accuse manufacturers of making defunct devices which left patients with deep vein thrombosis with dangerous blockages. Additionally, both plaintiffs have alleged that defunct IVC filters caused them significant amounts of pain after being implanted.

IVC Filters have been used by patients to reduce the risk of blood clots, along with the extensive damage that blood clots can have if they reach the pulmonary artery. In the situation where a clot reaches the pulmonary artery, patients are at a far greater risk for pulmonary embolism, heart failure, and or stroke. The devices have been utilized since 1979, where initially 2,000 people utilized IVC filters to combat the risk of pulmonary embolism. In 2007, about 167,000 IVC filters were being used to trap clots, and data suggests that the number of users has continued to increase in recent years.

However, as IVC filter users have increased, a number of patients have alleged that the devices can have devastating unknown side effects. Patients have since filed multiple lawsuits against C.R. Bard and Cook Medical, who both manufacturer the devices, that plaintiffs have claimed broke apart within their bodies. Furthermore, plaintiffs allege that broken pieces of the devices have begun to migrate within their bodies toward vital organs, which they claim heavily increases the risk of puncturing vital tissues and causing life-threatening damage.

In a multitude of cases, patients that were injured by IVC filters have formed a litigation, and plaintiffs claim that the device manufacturers did not provide adequate warnings to potential users. Moreover, IVC filter lawsuit plaintiffs also claim that several IVC filter manufacturers have continued to market the devices despite growing allegations, placing more potential users at risk. Cases have been combined in Multidistrict Litigations (No. 2641, & No. 2570) in the U.S. District Court of Arizona, as well as the Southern District of Indiana.

For more information on IVC filters, to ask questions or to schedule a consultation, contact an attorney at Banville Law by calling (888) 997-3792.

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