Over a dozen women have conjointly filed a Bayer Essure lawsuit, alleging the permanent contraceptive caused them serious injuries.

The Bayer Essure lawsuit alleges the contraceptive caused serious complications in some of the women’s reproductive organs, like the fallopian tubes, due to the coils getting lodged or migrating away from their original implant spot.

The Bayer Essure lawsuit claims that the healthcare giant failed to disclose the full scope of how severe the potential device complications could be, including claims from consumer health advocates that state the Essure birth control is unreasonably dangerous to patients.

Bayer Healthcare has received many complaints over the years. The company eventually decided to cease selling the product and withdraw it from the market completely in 2019.

The Essure permanent birth control consists of two nickel alloy coils, each of which are implanted into one of the fallopian tubes. After the coils are implanted, the inner tissue of the fallopian tube swells and ultimately prevents sperm to egg fertilization.

The Essure birth control is currently the only non surgical alternative for female sterilization. It was preferred over tubal ligation for some patients due to the minimally invasive procedure and fast recovery time.

Overview of Essure Bayer Lawsuit

With this convenience in mind, each of the women in this Bayer Essure lawsuit opted for the device but had allegedly suffered a variety of device complications not long after. The claimants in this Bayer Essure lawsuit include, but are not limited to:

• Plaintff Renea B. says she had the Essure birth control implanted on March 10, 2015, but had started experiencing painful side effects several months later on Nov. 12, 2015. Due to these Essure related complications such as abnormal uterine bleeding and severe abdominal pain, Renea says she had to undergo an assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy to remove the coils.
• Plaintiff April B. says she had the Essure birth control implanted on Nov. 2, 2013 and initially responded well to the device, but had started experiencing painful symptoms on Feb. 15, 2018. After experiencing severe and chronic abdominal pain, she says she eventually had to undergo a right salpingectomy, left cystectomy, and removal of right side Essure coil. Surgeons noted the coil had broken apart in several pieces in the fallopian tube upon removal, she claims.
• Plaintiff Elizabeth B. says she had the Essure birth control implanted on Sept. 27, 2013 and initially responded well to the device, but had started experiencing complications on Feb. 15, 2016. Allegedly, due to Essure complications like unusual bleeding and uterine prolapse, Elizabeth had to undergo a vaginal hysterectomy get the Essure coils removed.
• Plaintiff Aileen C. had the Essure birth control implanted on March 18, 2015 and had initially responded well to the device, but had started experiencing side effects on March 28, 2017. Allegedly due to the Essure coils migrating out of place, Aileen had to undergo a robotic exploratory, bilateral cystectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and hysteroscopy to get the coils removed.

Each of these claimants says she agreed to have the Essure birth control implanted based on the marketing materials and product information presented by Bayer HealthCare. Each of the claimants is seeking a multitude of damages from Bayer, including negligence and failure to warn.

This Bayer Essure Lawsuit is Case No. 2:18-cv-04768-PD, in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County.