Defective Medical Device Attorney in Texas
Many chronic or life-threatening medical problems are caused by defective medical devices that have been implanted in a patient’s body or used externally during a medical procedure. Although patients may feel fine after recovery, pain and other symptoms may arise as the device fails.
Unfortunately, poorly designed medical devices, doctor error during a medical procedure, or an infection caused by the device itself can each lead to serious health problems or even death.
The faulty medical device attorneys at the Law Office of Bobby Garcia, P.C., have experience in helping victims of defective medical devices and their families receive compensation for their losses and suffering. By succeeding in these efforts, we help prevent poorly designed and manufactured products from reaching the market.
We Have Legal and Medical Knowledge You Can Count On
The Law Office of Bobby Garcia, P.C., has extensive knowledge and expertise in medical malpractice and product liability. Our research and development of defective medical product lawsuits rely on the expertise of the nation’s leading medical and engineering specialists.
We are currently working with plaintiffs to find relief in cases involving four different defective medical devices:
Transvaginal mesh
Hernia mesh
Surgical staplers
IVC filters
These cases require a thorough knowledge of the law and an understanding of complex medical and engineering concepts. Nevertheless, our attorneys can transform scientific jargon into comprehensible language that juries understand.
Equipped with the experience and knowledge of medical malpractice and product liability, our Edinburg defective medical device attorneys strive towards justice and compensation for all our clients.
Current Cases
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Possible Injury: Prolapse
Pelvic mesh, also known as transvaginal mesh, is a mesh that is surgically placed to treat women’s gynecological and urogynecological issues, including pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. Pelvic mesh is made of synthetic material, usually polypropylene, and porous or microporous weave. Some products even claim to have a “biologic element” made of a collagen blend.
Surgical or pelvic mesh implant lawsuits are being reviewed for women who have experienced some or all of the following symptoms:
Infection
Pain
Vaginal pain
Pelvic pain
Urinary problems
Difficulty during sex
Erosion of the mesh into the vagina
Erosion through vaginal epithelium
Hardening of the vaginal mesh
Injury to nearby organs
Bowel, bladder, and vessel perforation
Recurrence of prolapse and/or incontinence
Dyspareunia
Surgical mesh has been used in gynecology since the 1990′s. By using the FDA’s 510(k) expedited approval process, the mesh industry has produced dozens of these products each year without having to prove the safety or efficacy of these devices.
In 2004, the industry began producing “pelvic organ prolapse kits” under the premise that these products were a safe and effective alternative to proven traditional surgical techniques.
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Possible Injury: Death
The Kugel Mesh Patches are used in approximately 750,000 hernia repair surgeries each year in the United States. Although the manufacturer knew that there were problems with some of these patches, they still allowed thousands of individuals to have defective devices implanted. Those individuals may be entitled to financial compensation through a Kugel recall lawsuit.
Symptoms of problems from a defective Kugel hernia mesh device may include:
Abdominal pain
High fever
Tenderness at the site where the hernia patch was inserted
Unusual and unexplained intestinal symptoms
Bowel perforation
Intestinal fistula
Death
Experts have indicated that people with one of the recalled hernia mesh patches will require continued medical monitoring to reduce the risk of injury. For most people, doctors are not recommending the removal of the hernia mesh, since surgery to remove or replace the Kugel patch could be riskier than leaving it in place.
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Possible Injury: Malfunction Injuries
Our law firm is representing individuals who suffered injuries because of the use of a surgical stapler. Surgical stapler lawsuits claim that these medical devices have been malfunctioning and causing injuries that include :
Infections
Internal bleeding
Organ damage
Surgical staplers, also called “skin staplers” or “wound staplers,” are medical instruments commonly used by surgeons as a substitute for sutures to close lacerations and incisions, as well as connecting internal organs. These devices have been used for over 50 years. They have been marketed as time savers.
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Possible Injury: Blood Clots
IVC filters, short for inferior vena cava filters, are cone-shaped and have legs that extend to intercept and trap blood clots. IVC filters, also known as greenfield filters, are usually implanted in patients who are at risk of developing a pulmonary embolism or blood clot in the lungs.
Defective IVC filters can cause the following symptoms:
Redness
Fever
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
Pulmonary embolism
Infection
Reports first surfaced in 2005 that the radial arms and struts of Bard’s Recovery IVC Filter were breaking off inside the bodies of patients. Since that time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received around 1,000 adverse reports involving the filters, primarily regarding the IVC filters fragmenting and embolizing inside the sufferer.