Defective Medical Devices Resource Center

Medical Device Accidents and injuries due to defective medical devices are often quite serious. Medical Devices are used to improve or maintain an individual's quality of life. Pacemakers, arterial stents, heart valves, artificial joints, and defibrillators are common Medical Devices that are implanted to control health conditions. When these Medical Devices malfunction, break, or erode, they become extremely dangerous and can cause serious health problems, injury, and death. Individuals who have suffered injuries as a result of a defective or dangerous Medical Device may be entitled to compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and other expenses for the Medical Device Accident due to the negligence or strict liability of the manufacturer or prescribing medical professional.

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Defective Medical Devices Resource Center

• Defective Medical Device Information · A guide to understanding Defective Medical Device Accidents, including a list an explanation of the types of defective medical devices, an overview of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an explanation of Product Liability Law as it pertains to Defective or Dangerous Medical Devices, a guide to determining fault, and the statute of limitations.

Defective Medical Devices Verdicts, Settlements and Class Action Watch

• Snyder v American Association of Blood Banks · On August 23, 1984, William Snyder underwent open-heart surgery at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson. Snyder learned in 1987 that he had contracted Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) from a transfusion of blood that the Bergen County Blood Center (BCBC), a non-profit blood bank, had provided to St. Joseph's.
• Baird v American Medical Optics · The first is whether the statute of limitations, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2, bars a patient's claim for lack of informed consent against an ophthalmologist who implanted an intraocular lens in the patient's eye, the hospital where the operation took place, and the manufacturer of the lens. The second is whether federal law preempts the patient's state-law claims against the manufacturer of the intraocular lens.

Defective Medical Devices Official Links

• Center for Device and Radiological Health · CDRH promotes and protects the health of the public by ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices and the safety of radiological products.