Why are medical device lawsuits filed?

It is mandatory for the medical companies to undergo plenty of clinical tests before they release one for the public use. Although it is not possible to predict a malfunction of a medical device once it is implanted in the body, it still leaves the responsibility on the manufacturing companies if there is any form of defects found in the devices.

Medical devices and implants can vastly improve or degrade the quality of life depending on how it’s performing. Two most common medical devices, IVC Filter and transvaginal meshes, have been associated with plenty of adverse reports leading to filing of individual lawsuits.

Complaints from the attorneys

The main points of accusations to seek medical device compensation include:

•                    the manufacturing companies have been negligent in the manufacturing of the devices

•                    they have failed to adequately warn about the doctors and the patients about the dangers     associated with the device

•                    there was no proper clinical check up about the device

•                    the companies continued misbranding and misrepresenting the devices as a safe and   effective alternative even though there were too many adverse reports about them

The plaintiffs of medical device compensation can demand for:

·         The expenses of the ongoing and future medical costs

·         Hospitalization or emergency room transfer expenses

·         Expenses for the loss of wage

·         Damage award for the inability to earn in future / reduced capacity to earn

·         Compensation for the pain and suffering

The complications with the medical devices became so much probable that the FDA had to release safety warnings for each of them. It warned about the usage of IVC filters as well as the transvaginal mesh implants as potentially life-threatening as theycan cause organ perforation, nerve damage and not to miss huge psychological distress.