Patients Should Know Of All Of The Risks Of Having An IVC Filter Implanted To Trap Blood Clots

Doctors are required to report any complaints they receive from IVC filter patients to the FDA

Friday, November 12, 2021 - An IVC filter is a device that is intended to help prevent pulmonary embolism when a blood clot forms and then moves to the lungs. According to John Hopkins Hospital, "An IVC filter is a small, wiry device. When the filter is placed in your IVC, the blood flows past the filter. The filter catches blood clots and stops them from moving up to the heart and lungs. This helps to prevent a pulmonary embolism." An IVC filter is inserted using minimally invasive surgery by making a small incision in the leg or neck and inserting a catheter. The device is snaked through the catheter and deposited at its intended location. The catheter is in a collapsed state when inserted into the catheter and then expanded to fit into place. The FDA Bard IVC filter warning advises patients to carefully consider all of the facts concerning the device.

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter patients should be made aware of the complications and dangers that the device carries. Hundreds of reports have been registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database that serves as the public's registry of the defects that occur with any given medical device. Doctors that use a medical device approved under the 501 k fast-track system must report any complications that patients make to them. It is only natural that a patient would first go to their doctor for help when feeling abnormal pain that indicates that their IVC filter has tilted and penetrated the IVC wall and has migrated to another part of the body, possibly the heart, and is now irretrievable. The 501 k FDA fast approval system is flawed in many ways. One of them is that the public is unaware that they should register their IVC filter problems with the FDA. Given that fact, IVC filter complaints could be much higher than what meets the FDA's awareness. Many patients have spoken with IVC filter lawyers to file complaints about the device.

Having an IVC filter implanted carries many potentially life-threatening complications in addition to all of the risks that are inherent with any major surgical procedure. Implantable medical devices carry the additional risk of the body's immune system rejecting the device. The first one is that it may not work. Blood clots may go through it and reach the lungs or heart. A second complication is that the body's immune system may reject the foreign object and cause infection and severe pain to develop at the site. The patient could have an allergic reaction to the device. The inferior vena cave could become damaged during the placement or retrieval of the filter and cause internal bleeding and infection. Also, the device could trap too many blood clots and become a source of blood clots itself. Finally, John Hopkins Hospital warns patients, "A filter that travels to the heart or lungs, causing injury or death." Anyone who is contemplating having an IVC filter implanted should visit the John Hopkins website for complete information.

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