A Texas woman has filed a new lawsuit against Atrium over its Atrium C-Qur mesh, alleging that the device has caused serious and permanent injuries.

The plaintiff, Amy Reeves, says she was implanted with Atrium C-Qur mesh on June 13, 2014. Atrium C-Qur mesh and other mesh products are used to help repair the damage done to those who have suffered hernias. However, Amy’s Atrium C-Qur mesh failed to work properly, and instead caused a number of serious issues, some of which are lasting or permanent.

In response to these injuries, Amy chose to file an Atrium C-Qur mesh lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the defective Atrium C-Qur mesh led to the following complications:

• Failure to incorporate
• Chronic pain
• Foreign body response
• Infection
• Scarification
• Excessive and chronic inflammation
• Adhesions to internal organs
• Abscess
• Seroma formation
• Panniculitis
• Others

Due to these serious complications, Amy’s Atrium C-Qur mesh was explanted on Aug. 5, 2015, just over a year after the implantation. However, the lawsuit also notes that although the mesh was explanted, surgeons were unable to remove the mesh in its entirety, leaving some of it behind, which may lead to further problems.

The lawsuit alleges that Atrium failed to adequately warn of these dangers, placing patients like Amy at considerable risk.

Amy filed her Atrium C-Qur mesh lawsuit on August 3 in the District of New Hampshire on multiple counts, including negligence, design defect, manufacturing defect, failure to warn, breach of express and implied warranties, fraudulent concealment, and several others.

Hernia Repair Mesh Basics

Hernia repair mesh like the Atrium C-Qur mesh involved in this lawsuit is a popular method of repairing damage done from a hernia. Essentially, hernia repair mesh is a kind of woven material used to reinforce a weak area or patch a hole. Even though hernia repair mesh is meant to fix damage, patients can actually suffer from serious complications due do the hernia repair mesh itself.

For some patients, hernia mesh complications may appear immediately after the surgery itself, but for others, such symptoms may not appear for weeks, months, or even years afterward.

Serious hernia repair mesh problems are surprisingly common. Indeed, between one and eight percent of patients implanted with hernia repair mesh end up developing some kind of infection related to their mesh.

Filing a Atrium C-Qur Mesh Lawsuit

If you or someone you love has suffered from hernia repair mesh complications after undergoing surgery with an Atrium C-Qur mesh device, anywhere from weeks to years prior, you may be able to file an Atrium C-Qur lawsuit for defective mesh.

Filing an Atrium C-Qur lawsuit cannot take away the pain and suffering caused by hernia repair mesh symptoms, but it can help to alleviate the financial costs of medical expenses and even lost wages.

The Atrium C-Qur Mesh Lawsuit is Case No. 1:17-cv-00344-LM, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.