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Below are some of our news stories explaining the potential dangers of IVC Filters, and especially the connection to embolisms and bleeding. To learn more about the types of injuries that have been linked to this medical device, and the legal claims that have been filed, click IVC Filters.

 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld damages awarded to a patient who suffered heart damage from C.R. Bard’s clot-stopping vein…

After two years of clinical trials, a new type of IVC filter was recently implanted in a number of patients under “real world” conditions in an Arizona hospital.  The product is called…

Cook Medical, already facing more than 3,000 lawsuits over defective IVC filters, was targeted in several more complaints filed this month by injured parties from California to New York…

It was the best of filters – so the manufacturer claimed. It turned out to be the worst of filters. An early study involving the Cook Celect Vena Cava Filter indicated the device was incredible.…

Ongoing litigation over inferior vena cava (IVC) filters have had mixed results so far this year. In…

One fact about the bodies of virtually all animals – including those of homo sapiens – is that Nature designed them to be in continual motion, even when appearing dormant. Even when…

After several years of growing popularity, use of IVC filters started falling in 2010 – shortly after the FDA…

Water filters, oil filters on a motor vehicle, furnace filters, dust filters – all must be removed and replaced at some point in order for the machinery to continue to function properly. Logically…

At first, IVC (inferior vena cava) filters seemed to be a great idea. Anticoagulant medications can be tricky, causing an elevated risk of serious hemorrhaging, and some patients…

Recent efforts to reach a settlement agreement in the Cook IVC Filter Litigation were unsuccessful, meaning a select number of…

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