PHOENIX, Sept. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A yearlong NBC News
Investigation airing in two parts this week exposed dark details
about medical company giant C.R. Bard and its "Recovery" model
inferior vena cava (IVC) filter, a device implanted in thousands of
Americans that is intended to catch blood clots in a patient's main
artery.
According to part one of the report that aired Thursday on NBC
Nightly News, C.R. Bard continued to sell 34,000 Recovery filters
for three years despite mounting reports of death and injury linked
to the IVC filter. Instead of removing the reportedly
dangerous device from the market, the company instead simply
modified the Recovery filter and gave it a new name; the new model
was labeled the G2 filter.
The investigation revealed that 27 deaths and 300 injuries have
been linked to the Bard Recovery Filter. The second part of
the investigation explores the seemingly underhanded methods used
by Bard to attain FDA approval for its Recovery filter.
There are at least 22 Bard IVC Filter cases currently being
heard in federal court, though the U.S. Judicial Panel on
Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) states they are aware of 16
additional, related cases pending in 13 different U.S. District
Courts.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning in
2010 regarding IVC filters in general, citing the more than 900
adverse event reports filed with the agency in five years' time.
The FDA followed the warning with a 2014 communication to the
medical community suggesting that doctors remove the IVC filter
from their patient once the need for the filter has passed.
The FDA states that doctors were not originally aware of the
urgency of removing the device after its task has been
performed.
However, according to a study published in the April 2013 edition of Jama Internal Medicine,
only about 8% of retrievable IVC filters surveyed were successfully
removed, and another estimated 8% of persons surveyed still
suffered venous thrombotic events while the IVC filter was in
place.
Attorneys with the Arentz Law Group, P.C. are currently
providing free, no obligation legal consultations to those who have
experienced complications related to an IVC filter. If you have
experienced problems with an IVC Filter or would like more
information, call 1-800-305-6000.
Contact:
Arentz Law Group
info@arentzlaw.com
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