A growing number of Recovery IVC filter patients are filing lawsuits against the device’s manufacturer, alleging that they have suffered from serious Recovery IVC filter complications as a result.

Recovery IVC Filter Complications

An IVC filter, also known as an inferior vena cava filter, is a medical device implanted in a patient’s main artery to prevent blood clots from moving into a patient’s lungs and heart and causing serious damage, including risk of death.

However, a growing number of reports in recent years have suggested that IVC filter devices like Bard’s Recovery device themselves can cause serious injuries and complications, including IVC filter perforation.

Adverse event reports filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past decade show that hundreds of patients have suffered from IVC filter side effects from punctured organs to filter migration, causing serious or permanent problems.

A Michigan woman recently added a new lawsuit to the growing pile of litigation against Bard, alleging she suffered from Recovery IVC filter complications as a result of implantation with the company’s popular medical device.

The plaintiff, Shayla W., alleges she was implanted with a Recovery Vena Cava Filter device by C.R. Bard on Nov. 18, 2003. As a direct result of the device’s defectiveness, she claims, she has suffered from serious Recovery IVC filter complications.

Shayla filed her lawsuit on Aug. 30, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The lawsuit was filed on multiple counts, including manufacturing defect, failure to warn, design defect, negligence, breach of express and implied warranties, and several others.

Shayla is far from the first patient implanted with a Bard IVC filter like the Recovery device to suffer from serious complications. Lawsuits likes this one are being filed across the U.S., claiming that the product can be too dangerous for patients—in some cases, more dangerous that the complications they are meant to treat­­­.

According to these lawsuits, IVC filter devices are not worth the risk they pose to patients, but the patients had not been adequately warned about these serious side effects.

Filing a Bard IVC Filter Lawsuit

IVC filter lawsuits allege that Bard was aware that its Recovery device can lead to serious Recovery IVC filter complications, but continued to market and sell it anyway without regard for patient safety.

The FDA has responded to these claims against the safety of IVC filter devices, recommending that the devices only be used on a temporary basis, and even then, only if medications or other treatments are deemed ineffective.

Injured patients have filed lawsuits against a number of IVC filter makers, including Bard. These lawsuits cite organ damage due to IVC filter perforation, migration and breaks, as well as other serious complications.

If you or someone you know has suffered from these or other Recovery IVC filter complications, you may have cause to file a Bard IVC filter lawsuit. Filing a lawsuit does not repair the damage, but can help compensate for the physical, emotional, and financial losses felt as a result of these devices.

The Recovery IVC Filter Complications Lawsuit is Case No. 2:18-cv-02741-DGC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.