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Medtronic, Inc., announced that it has agreed to settle 950 of its BMP Infuse Bone Graft product liability injury cases. Medtronic warned that the initial settlement of $22 million is likely be the tip of the settlement iceberg. The medical device manufacturing giant plans to record a fourth-quarter charge of up to $140 million to […]

Medtronic Infuse product liability lawsuits involving Medtronic Infuse bone graft surgery, have hit a federal preemption roadblock. Federal preemption law, for medical devices, is based on a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that has been used as an impregnable defense wall by medical device manufacturers. Medtronic has argued that they can not be held liable for […]

As a Texas medical doctor and Medtronic BMP Infuse bone personal injury and product liability attorney I am providing this Infuse litigation update. According to a report by Senate investigators, Medtronic Inc., the world largest medical device maker, wrote and edited medical journal articles attributed to outside physicians, which minimized the risks of the company’s […]

Medtronic faces an increasing number of product liability and personal injury lawsuit. Most recently, a Louisiana man, filed a lawsuit alleging that the company’s Infuse bone graft caused unwanted bone growth along his spinal cord, which worsened his back pain following a lumbar fusion. The plaintiff, Martin Gavin alleges that Medtronic concealed information about the […]

What is Infuse? The Medtronic Infuse bone graft is a genetically engineered liquid protein that helps the body to grow its own bone. It includes a bioengineered protein manufactured by Wyeth, called bone morphogenetic protein (BMP). Scope of the Infuse Problem Medtronic’s Infuse Bone Graft is used in about a quarter of the estimated 432,000 […]

The off label use of Medtronic Infuse(R) bone graft has been associated with severe side effects including in some cases, death. Medtronic Infuse(R) Bone Graft What is It? Medtronic, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. designed and marketed the Infuse(R) Bone Graft device (“Infuse(R)”) for lumbar spine surgery. Infuse(R) is a bio-engineered bone filling […]

The Medtronic Infuse saga, is a case of the fox guarding the hen house. And guess who are the chickens? Prior to its entry into the market in 2002, orthopedic doctors were excited about how the back surgery product known as bone morphogenetic protein-2 would revolutionize orthopedic medicine. But instead of success in fusing degenerated […]

According to the findings of a new medical study, presented at the North American Spine Society, Medtronic’s Infuse bone graft product maybe linked to an increased risk of cancer. There is growing concerns over a potential risk of cancer from Medtronic Infuse, which contains rhBMP-2, a bioengineered bone growth protein. Research indicates that a higher-dose […]

As a Dallas Medtronic Infuse Lawsuit and side effect attorney and medical doctor I am providing this update regarding the problems associated withe Medtronic Infuse medical product. Medtronic, a medical device company is in the news regarding reports about its synthetic bone growth product Infuse. In 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice began investigating whether […]

Medtronic Synchromed Pain Pump Failure Lawsuits. According to Medtronic’s news report in late 2016, their SynchroMed II implantable drug pump was linked to more than 100 adverse events including 2 previously unreported deaths. In an October 2016 letter to doctors by the U.K.’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, Medtronic said the SynchroMed II pump can […]

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