A South Carolina man recently filed a vein filter lawsuit against Bard, alleging the medical manufacturer’s device caused serious injury.

The plaintiff, Lynwood W., was implanted with a Bard inferior vena cava filter on Nov. 8, 2006. According to the vena filter lawsuit, however, the device ended up causing severe injuries.

The vein filter lawsuit was filed on multiple counts, including manufacturing defect, failure to warn, design defect, negligence, breach of express and implied warranties, fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment, and several others. Lynwood’s spouse, Joyce W., also filed on one count of loss of consortium.

The specific device named in the vein filter lawsuit is Bard’s G2 Vena Cava Filter.

Vein Filter Complications

An inferior vena cava filter, otherwise known as an IVC 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 a significant risk of death. However, reports in recent years have suggested that these IVC filter devices themselves can cause serious injuries and complications.

Claims like this Bard vein filter lawsuit are being filed across the country, claiming that the product can be too dangerous for patients in comparison with the condition it’s supposed 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.

Over the past decade, adverse event reports filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicate that hundreds of patients have suffered from a variety of IVC filter side effects from punctured organs to filter migration, which can cause serious or permanent problems.

Filing a Bard Vein Filter Lawsuit

This Bard vein filter lawsuit, and many others like it, claim that Bard and other medical device manufacturers should take responsibility for the side effects and injuries their devices have caused for patients and their families across the country.

Plaintiffs allege that Bard was aware that its IVC filter device is linked with serious risks, but continued to market and sell it anyway, placing company profit over the safety of patients.

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

If you or someone you know has undergone complications from IVC filters, you may have reason to file a Bard vein filter lawsuit. While filing a claim does not repair the damage caused by IVC filter side effects, it can help to financially compensate for the medical expenses and lost wages felt as a result of these devices.

The Bard Vein Filter Lawsuit is Wilson v. Bard, et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-01332-DGC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.