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Most IVC Filters Not Removed, Despite FDA Recommendations

Despite a recommendation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters be removed...

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Early Bard IVC Filter Recipient Files Lawsuit

One of the first recipients of a Bard Eclipse Vena Cava filter in 2010 has filed a lawsuit alleging filter...

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Deadlines Set in Bard IVC Filter Litigation

The final Bard IVC Bellwether Group 1 cases will be selected in the latter part of April 2017, according to...

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First IVC Filter Case Against Cook Medical Will Likely be Tried in 2017

A year-and-a-half ago, Cook Medical faced approximately 100 IVC filter lawsuits, but as of now, more than 1,000 defective product...

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Patient Has Potentially Dangerous IVC Filter Removed – Finally

A Canadian man who had been previously told that he would likely have to live with an IVC filter stuck...

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Bard Eclipse Lawsuit Alleges IVC Filter Perforated Vena Cava

A Mississippi man filed a lawsuit against C.R. Bard in December 2015 alleging that the Bard Eclipse inferior vena cava...

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IVC Filters- A Story of Corporate Greed?

NBC Nightly News aired their 3rd story on the dangers of the IVC blood clot filter (link below). It questions...

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Study Questions Actual Worth of IVC Filters for Trauma Patients

A recent medical study published in the October 2015 issue of the Annals of Surgery takes a closer look at...

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New IVC Filter Bard G2 Complaint Filed in Georgia, Will Join MDL Soon

A new complaint filed by Mr. and Mrs. Duffie of Georgia joins more than two dozen Bard G2 IVC filter...

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NBC News Airs Investigative Reports on Risks Associated with IVC Filters

The C.R. Bard Recovery IVC filter, a medical device intended to prevent blood clots, has instead been associated with further...

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