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In the News
Heparin
Taint Tied to Deaths
The Chicago Tribune — July 30, 2008
FDA Probes Devices Containing Heparin
Wall Street Journal — June 6, 2008
Medtronic
Recalls Select Heparin-Coated Devices and Products Used During Heart
Surgeries
FDA Web site — May 7, 2008
Heparin
Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, FDA Says
81 deaths linked
to contaminated blood thinner
New York Times — April 30, 2008
FDA Warns Public of Contaminated Heparin
IV Syringes
FDA Web site — January 25, 2008
Medtronic
Heart (Defibrillator Leads) Wires May Pose More Risk for the Young
Wall Street Journal — October 19, 2007
Medtronic
Heart Device Injuries up in 2007
Reuters — October 16, 2007
Heart
Devices Linked to 5 Deaths Pulled
CBS News — October 15, 2007
Guidant
Pacemakers and Defibrillator Models Linked to Malfunction Risk
Medscape.com — June
27, 2006
Medical Devices and Products
Attorneys at Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff have extensive experience litigating cases on behalf of individuals injured by defective medical devices. We have taken a lead role in many cases involving thousands of injured claimants against some of the largest corporations in the country.
Types of defective medical devices and products cases we handle include:
- Medtronic Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads
- Guidant pacemakers
- Guidant defibrillators
- Trasylol (Aprotinin injection)
- Thoratec HeartMate II LVAS heart pump
- Contaminated Heparin IV syringes
- Chinese-manufactured Heparin
- Cordis balloon catheters
- Tainted tissue transplants
Proven Results
- $240 Million Guidant Defibrillator Settlement — KCR
clients who were injured by malfunctioning Guidant cardiac defibrillators
will claim shares of the $240 million fund as part of a 2008 nationwide
settlement.
- In a confidential settlement, our attorneys successfully
resolved a case against Johnson & Johnson on behalf
of over 200 individuals who alleged that they contracted post operative
infections from sutures that had not been properly sterilized.
- In another case, we successfully resolved a case against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc. on behalf of approximately 56 women who allege that they were injured by a defective medical device known as Intergel.
If you or a loved one have been injured by a defective medical device, please fill out and submit the contact form on this page for a free case evaluation or call us toll-free at (888) 285-3333.
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