Boston Scientific Hit with Lynx Vaginal Sling Lawsuit
By John Curran
As bladder sling implant trials continue, numerous medical device manufacturers are seeing their employees admit that the implants were dangerous and that they knew about their risks and sold them anyway. That could give some hope to a woman who recently filed a lawsuit against Boston Scientific over its Lynx vaginal sling implant.
The manufacturer is one of a number of companies that avoided having to perform extensive medical trials for vaginal mesh implants by using an FDA process that fast-tracked their approvals. By doing so, many women and their urologists may have been unaware of the differences between synthetic vaginal mesh implant side effects and those using biological material. They are constructed using plasticine polypropylene, which is supposed to make them last a year longer than older alternatives.
Unfortunately, that makes the problems related to a Lynx vaginal mesh implant worse. While there is little information regarding the vaginal mesh lawsuit filed by Barbara McIntosh, similar claims allege that the area where the mesh is implanted becomes inflamed, dislodging the device and leading to organ perforation and other conditions.
Revision surgeries to repair the damage caused by vaginal mesh implants are often initially unsuccessful, and product liability lawyers note that the average number of procedures is four. Others have seen more than a dozen and, in many cases, vaginal mesh implant side effects are never completely ameliorated.
Even the FDA says that the implants are not necessarily any more effective than biological options and it received at least 300 adverse effect reports per year in the three years before 2008. Unfortunately, the agency did not help matters by terming biologic and synthetic bladder sling implants similar enough to not need extensive testing. As recent trials demonstrate, the fact that they can cause infection as the body rejects them is the primary reason behind most bladder sling implant failures. Unfortunately, there are still no recalls in spite of the years of knowledge.
That does not mean that women don’t have options after the trauma of organ damage and infections. Consider getting a consultation with a bladder sling implant lawyer to determine the eligibility of a potential claim. A free one is available at the Vaginal Mesh Sling Class Action Lawsuit Investigation. Cases are moving forward, so legal experts say that precedents could be set to speed up the legal process. Start today to get the remedy that the facts of your case deserve and potentially help with decreases in quality of life.
Updated February 26th, 2013
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2 thoughts onBoston Scientific Hit with Lynx Vaginal Sling Lawsuit
I had a lynx bladder sling and it has eroded and I have had surgery to remove part that was protruding .is this class action suit still open
How do I participate in the lawsuit? I had a Lynx sling inserted in September, 2010. A year of infections and ineffective treatments, and worse incontinence followed. Surgery performed in California. I have since moved to Arizona.
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