Update on Defective Transvaginal Mesh MDLs in U.S. District Court in West Virginia
Submit Your Claim Lawsuits involving transvaginal mesh and other surgical implants used to treat stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or pelvic organ prolapse (POP) have been consolidated into five individual Multi-District Litigation (MDL) cases in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, overseen by Chief Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. The MDLs involve lawsuits that have been filed against C.R. Bard, Inc., American Medical Systems, Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation, Ethicon Inc., and Coloplast Corp. Parties were convened for a Status Conference Hearing on December 6, 2012, with Continue Reading
Transvaginal Mesh Multi-District Litigation Trials to Begin in 2013
Submit Your Claim Five Multi-District Litigation trials regarding transvaginal mesh injuries are based out of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. These five MDLs relating to transvaginal mesh, vaginal slings, and surgically-implanted pelvic support devices are being overseen by Chief District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. The MDLs comprise lawsuits against five medical device manufacturers, and what the plaintiffs claim are defective vaginal mesh devices. These transvaginal mesh MDLs are the following: MDL No. 2187 Re: C.R. Bard, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation MDL No. Continue Reading
Boston Scientific Ordered to Release Defective Transvaginal Mesh Documents
Submit Your Claim Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against Boston Scientific Corporation have ordered the release of documents relating to Boston Scientific’s ProteGen product, a vaginal mesh sling device made out of woven polyester and pressure injected bovine collagen. The plaintiffs in the defective vaginal mesh lawsuit claim that the release of these documents will demonstrate that, according to pre-trial order #23, Boston Scientific was knowledgeable of the fact that “biocompatibility issues existed with respect to surgical meshes implanted in the female pelvis”. These defective surgical mesh claims filed Continue Reading
UK Health Organizations Conduct Study on Transvaginal Mesh Safety
In the United Kingdom, the Department of Health and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have been collaborating on a safety review of transvaginal mesh. Their collaborative effort results from an observed need to analyze the safety of these medical devices and to provide UK surgeons, gynecologists, and urologists with the most current and pertinent information regarding transvaginal mesh and transvaginal tape. One recommendation made by the reviewing body was to create a registry of patients who have received surgical implantation of either transvaginal mesh or transvaginal Continue Reading
Johnson & Johnson Stops Sales of Gynecare Transvaginal Mesh
In June 2012, Johnson & Johnson made the decision to remove their defective transvaginal mesh (TVM) medical device from the global market. Though the medical device manufacturer cites future market performance as being the reason for the discontinuation of sales, their decision comes as there is an ever-increasing number of lawsuits citing links between their transvaginal mesh devices and severe health complications. According to a Reuters report from June 2012, there are currently over 1,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits filed against Ethicon Inc., the subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson responsible Continue Reading
Defective Transvaginal Mesh Device ObTape Causes Severe Health Problems
ObTape is a transvaginal mesh (TVM) device that is a vaginally inserted bladder sling used to treat women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Also known as ObTape Transobturator Tape, ObTape is manufactured by Mentor Corporation, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. After surgical implantation, though patients’ problems with SUI subsided, they began developing new complication involving ObTape. The surgically-implanted bladder sling began to cause serious injury and pain. Injuries and health complications related to the TVM ObTape include the following: vaginal bleeding vaginal pain painful intercourse infection scarring Patients Continue Reading
Transvaginal Mesh Safety Information Disclosure & Transvaginal Mesh MDL Grows Larger
Published September 11, 2012 on Carey & Danis A manufacturer of transvaginal mesh products has recently been ordered in a federal lawsuit to fully supply the safety information it imparted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the purpose of gathering whether the medical device manufacturer withheld any integral pieces of data regarding negative impacts on health from use of its transvaginal mesh product. A superior court judge in New Jersey made the request of the transvaginal mesh manufacturer, Ethicon Inc., that it release documents on the Continue Reading
Johnson & Johnson Discontinue the Ethicon Transvaginal Mesh Implant
Published June 21, 2012 on LawsuitInformation.org Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson sent letters to the judges in federal and state court overseeing vaginal mesh lawsuits to notify them that the company is going to stop selling the following products: -Gynecare TVT Secure; -Gynecare Prosima Pelvic Floor System; -Gynecare Prolift Pelvic Floor System; -Gynecare Prolift+M Pelvic Floor System; and -Gynecare Gynemash PS. These types of products are transvaginal mesh implants used to help women for the repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Continue Reading
Federal Action Targets Transvaginal (TVM) ‘Mesh’ Surgical Repairs
Published May 29, 2012 by Sun-Sentinel It was the go-to fix for two of the most common health problems in middle-aged and older women: The implanted mesh promised to stop the leaks and the bladder from falling out. But for thousands of patients, transvaginal mesh proved more disastrous than the stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse it was supposed to repair. Even if you haven’t experienced the problem, you’ve seen the lawyer ads on TV. After a flurry of complaints nationwide about debilitating pain, bleeding, infection and other Continue Reading
Overview of Kugel Mesh Lawsuits
Published May 23, 2012 on InjuryBoard On February 7, 2012, all federal lawsuits concerning transvaginal mesh products were consolidated into one court in the Southern District of West Virginia before Judge Goodwin. Plaintiffs allegedly suffer from injuries from vaginal mesh products made by American Medical Systems, Boston Scientific, Ethicon, and C.R. Bard. Women implanted with vaginal mesh for the treatment of conditions like pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) seek to hold these manufacturers liable for injuries like erosion, bleeding, urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, protrusion of Continue Reading
