About SurgicalWatch.com

Helping consumers affected by defective medical devices

SurgicalWatch.com is dedicated to bringing consumers all the latest news regarding potentially defective medical devices.  At SurgicalWatch.com you will find the most current information on device recalls, FDA safety communications and warnings, and lawsuits against the makers of these products.

New medical devices are regularly introduced to the marketplace, many with minimal testing due to a convenient FDA loophole that allows for expedited clearance. Under the rule, products are evaluated based on a standard of substantial equivalence to devices already in wide commercial distribution. Though the process is efficient and often effective, it can also serve to perpetuate the distribution of defective products.

Adverse event reports filed in response to medical devices raise red flags for the FDA, the device manufacturers, as well as consumer groups and patients. With heightened scrutiny comes safety announcements, warnings, and in some cases- device recalls. Whether the recalls are voluntarily initiated by the pharmaceutical companies or mandated by the FDA, patients who have the recalled devices already implanted usually have grounds to file a lawsuit.

Currently, thousands of cases are pending all over the country with regard to all kinds of medical devices ranging from hip and knee replacements to transvaginal mesh implants and bone grafts. Plaintiffs maintain that their pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, and other losses are the responsibility of the manufacturers whose interests were never in line with the needs of their buyers. Their lawsuits commonly allege failure to warn of the known defects, negligence, breach of warranties, and strict product liability.

SurgicalWatch.com believes consumers should be informed about which medical devices and which manufacturers are identified in these lawsuits, and so provide up to the minute information on these lawsuits as they progress through the court system.

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