An inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is used to prevent life threatening pulmonary emboli. Once installed, the filter’s arms and legs open and anchors it to the walls of the IVC. The filter then catches ...

Due to a failure to warn doctors and patients of the complications of IVC filter usage, Houston firefighter Jeffrey Pavlock was awarded $1.2 million in a jury verdict against Cook Medical after ...

Medical device product liability litigation can take a number of seemingly unique twists and turns, but the case of Nelson v. Bard took a path that might have been predicted based on FDA-mandated ...

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A year-long investigation by NBC Nightly News has raised serious questions about why medical device manufacturer C.R. Bard, Inc. continued to sell and ...

C.R. Bard ($BCR) revealed in an SEC filing that its facilities in Glens Falls, NY, and Tempe, AZ, are under an FDA warning letter for misfiling customer complaints ...

PHOENIX — In a ruling on the transfer of 10 cases, a federal judge in Phoenix remarked that more than 4,000 cases have been filed against Bard IVC Filters for allegedly defective and dangerous ...

The treatment of choice for proximal venous thrombosis is anticoagulation. In situations where anticoagulation is absolutely contraindicated or when anticoagulation has failed in the face of an acute ...