Bard IVC Filters Have Caused Severe Damage More Than 10% Of The Time

Seriously ill patients are told incorrectly by their doctor that they have a better chance of survival with the IVC filter than if they decline the procedure

Saturday, August 14, 2021 - More than $7 million has been awarded to plaintiffs that have suffered severe injuries from Bard's IVC blood clot filter after filing a Bard IVC filter lawsuit. The IVC filter is inserted into the interior vena cava, the major artery leading to the heart and lungs, and to trap blood clots before they can reach the heart. The medical device is designed to be removed at regular intervals and cleaned, then reinserted. Hundreds of individuals have experienced severe injuries as a result of the device malfunctioning and failing to perform as advertised. PR Newswire describes the ways the faulty medical device has failed plaintiffs. "The spider-shaped devices are known to tilt, perforate vein walls, and fracture, causing metal pieces to dislodge and migrate into internal organs and other structures in the body. In the Dallas case, jurors found that Bard's Recovery IVC filter caused serious medical complications when it fractured after being implanted. The verdict includes $386,250 in damages." One lawsuit awarded a plaintiff more than $3 million. Attorneys for Bard, the IVC filter's manufacturer disagreed with the jury's verdict but was pleased the damages were limited to compensatory. The company continues to tell reporters that their devices have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and save lives.

An IVC filter is an anti-blood clot device that should be used only as a last resort when chemical blood thinners no longer work or can not be tolerated by the patient. Recent studies have shown that the device may not work in a high percentage of patients. According to PurdueandKidd.com (PK), they do more harm than good and should not have been on the market. "... the filters have been shown to double the risk of pulmonary embolism, the condition which they are supposed to prevent. Three brands, in particular, are noted in lawsuits as a source of problems: The Bard Recovery filter, The Bard G2 filter, and The Bard G2 Express filter." When a Bard IVC filter fractures and penetrates through the artery, the pieces become hard to find and impossible to retrieve without open-heart cavity surgery. The longer the device remains in the body, the greater the risk it may fracture. Doctors are hesitant to attempt to retrieve it for cleaning for fear the device could break apart. About 12% of Bard's IVC filters fail within 5.5 years, according to PK.

The Bard IVC filter joins thousands of other medical devices that the FDA failed to test before allowing them on the market. Bard IVC filters were rushed to market using the faulty FDA 501k system. Under the 501k system, all a medical device company must do is convince a panel of experts that the device is substantially similar to one already on the market, even if the target device has been recalled or the subject of lawsuits. The FDA's inadequate fast-track medical device approval system was featured in the Netflix documentary "The Bleeding Edge," where IVC filters contrasted with polypropylene hernia repair mesh, transvaginal support mesh, and Essure Birth Control Coils as being the subject of thousands of patient complaints.

More Recent IVC Filter Lawsuit News:

• Scientific Authors Agree That IVC Filters May Have Been Overused In Anticipation of Blood Clots Occurring | 2/26/2022
• IVC Filter Use Has Skyrocketed And So Have Patient Complaints | 2/22/2022
• IVC Filter Removal Continues To Generate Controversy In Medical Circles | 2/12/2022
• Pulmonary Embolism Kills Over 100,000 People Each Year Hospitalized With Traumatic Injury | 2/7/2022
• Bard Faces Thousands Of IVC Filter Lawsuits Over The Product's Unique Inherent Design Defects | 2/2/2022
• Stanford's Dr. Kuo Has Helped Pioneer Advanced IVC Filter Laser Retrieval | 1/28/2022
• Doctors Struggle With Deciding When Is The Optimal Time To Remove A Patient's IVC Filter | 1/14/2022
• Doctors May Use IVC Filters More Often Now That Laser Removal Is An Option | 1/10/2022
• IVC Filter Lasers Highlights Focus Attention On Removal Complications | 1/4/2022
• IVC Filter Retrieval Complications Have Been Known For Years | 12/30/2021
• Lasers May Now Enable Doctors To Safely Retrieve Embedded IVC Filters | 12/22/2021
• IVC Filters May Do Nothing To Prevent Death Or Pulmonary Embolism For Trauma Patients | 12/16/2021
• IVC Filters Can Help Save The Lives Of Young People That Experience Multiple Sudden Blood Clots | 12/1/2021
• The FDA Recommends That An IVC Filter Stay In Place No Longer Than Two Months | 11/26/2021
• Bard Sales Reps, Surgeons, And Even The FDA All Looked The Other Way And Failed To Warn IVC Filter Patients | 11/18/2021
• Ozone Cleaning Products Are Not FDA Approved And May Be Responsible For CPAP Foam Insulation Breakdown | 11/12/2021
• Patients Should Know Of All Of The Risks Of Having An IVC Filter Implanted To Trap Blood Clots | 11/12/2021
• Blood Clot Patients Chest Pain Patients Are Talking To IVC Filter Lawyers About Holding Bard Accountable | 11/5/2021
• The IVC Filter Is Substantially Similar To The Faulty And Defective Essure Birth Control Device | 11/1/2021
• The Food And Drug Administration Has Been Warning Surgeons About The IVC Filters Design Flaws For More Than A decade | 10/28/2021
• IVC Filter Heart Pain Could Be From The Device Having Fractured Into Pieces | 10/25/2021
• Bellwether Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit Highlights The Design Flaws | 10/20/2021
• IVC Filters Could Be Unnecessary If A Person Leads A Healthy Lifestyle | 10/15/2021
• The EPA's Farm Flagger Ban Came Decades Too Late for Thousands of Farm Workers Who Now Have Parkinson's disease | 10/12/2021
• Bard IVC Filters May Tilt, Migrate and Perforate The Artery Where They Were Implanted | 10/11/2021
• A Report Published In 2006 Documented IVC Filter Catastrophies | 10/5/2021
• Medical Safety Groups Call For The End of the FDA Fast-Track Medical Device Approval Process | 9/30/2021
• IVC Filters May Not Be Needed And Offer No Reduction In Mortality | 9/27/2021
• IVC Filters Are Implanted As A Last Resort And Left In Place Only If Blood Clotting Continues And There Is No Alternative | 9/24/2021
• IVC Filters Are A Bad Idea Fraught With Life-Threating Complications | 9/20/2021
• Doctors May Consider Vitamin K Anti-Coagulant Therapy Before Recommending IVC Filters | 9/15/2021
• Surgeons May Not Be Able To Retreive the Bard IVC Filter After Two or Three Months | 9/11/2021
• A High Failure Rate For IVC Filter Removal Can Be Expected And Surgeons Should Prepare For The Worse | 9/7/2021
• Thousands Of IVC Filters May Eventually Experience Catastrophic Failure | 9/2/2021
• Most Bard IVC Filters are Doomed To Failure and Surgeons Would Never Attempt To Retrieve It | 8/31/2021
• A California Jury Finds The Bard IVC Filter Is Negligently Designed | 8/27/2021
• Scar Tissue Build Up After 60 Days May Prevent Safe Bard IVC Filter Removal | 8/23/2021
• IVC Filter Removal Requires Using Force When Trapped In Place By Scar Tissue | 8/19/2021
• A Fourth Jury Finds Bard IVC Filters Defective | 8/10/2021
• Patients With IVC Filters Should Contact Their Physicians Immediately | 12/21/2018
• Lawsuits Filed Across Wide Variety of IVC Filter Manufacturers | 12/18/2018
• IVC Filter Patients May Be Eligible to File A Claim Against CR Bard | 12/13/2018
• IVC Filter Manufacturers Profit When Patients Misinformed | 12/10/2018
• IVC Filter Litigation is Growing Every Day | 12/7/2018
• Doctors May Be Neglecting IVC Filter Device Patients | 12/4/2018
• CR Bard Forced To Compensate Injured IVC Filter Patients | 11/27/2018
• Judge Confirms IVC Filter Malfunction and Punitive Damages Award | 8/31/2018
• Bellwether Trials Underway For Bard IVC Filters | 8/29/2018
• The Bard IVC Filter May Not Have Been Adequately Tested | 8/27/2018

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