2011 Medical Device Recalls Listed by date posted on the FDA Website Device Name Date CareFusion AVEA Ventilator2 12/23/11 St. Jude Medical, Riata and Riata ST Silicone Endocardial Defibrillation Leads3 12/20/11 CooperVision AVAIRA Toric and Sphere Soft Contact Lenses4 12/09/11 Draeger Medical Inc., Infinity Acute Care System Monitoring Solution (M540)5 12/06/11 King International LLC., ShoulderFlex…
Here is a list of recent medical device recalls with links for more information. Check back regularly for updates! Device Name Date Fresenius Medical Care North America, Naturalyte and Granuflo Acid Concentrate2 06/27/12 Nidek Medical Products, Inc., Mark 5 Nuvo, Nuvo 8 and Nuvo Lite Oxygen Concentrators3 06/21/12 SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pump Model 35700 –…
Several news agencies are reporting on a recent study of the efficacy of the FDA system of communicating drug and product recalls to consumers. The FDA recalls potentially harmful drugs about once every month, but according to a recent study conducted over the last eight years, they could be doing a better job of letting…
The Merman Law Firm is active in the DePuy ASR hip recall litigation. Below are excerpts from one Complaint filed in the Southern District of Texas, which has been consolidated in Ohio: FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS The ASR devices were developed by DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. and/or Johnson & Johnson, Inc. in order to reconstruct human hip joints…
All of the cases filed across the nation involving the DuPuy ASR metal-on-metal hip have been consolidated in Ohio in a single MDL. “MDL” stands for multi-district litigation and allows a single court to consolidate all related actions into a single court for uniform pre-trial. Once all of the discovery (exchange of documents and depositions of…
