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Washington, DC: United Pet Group of Cincinnati, Ohio, is expanding its recent recall of its Pro-Pet Adult Daily Vitamin Supplement tablets for Dogs to include additional pet nutritional supplement products for dogs and cats due to possible Salmonella contamination. For a complete list of recalled products see the link below. The recalled prod... - Takata Airbag Recalls in China, Dorado Airbag Injury Lawsuit Filed in Nevada
Sep-26-17 Las Vegas, NV: The angst over potential airbag failure and the airbag recall involving primary, and some side airbags manufactured by Takata has transferred to China now, with the recent announcement that General Motors and its Chinese joint venture Shanghai GM will recall more than 2.5 million vehicles in China known to have faulty Takata airbags. Ea... - Insurers Seek Compensation from St. Jude’s Medical in Class Action Lawsuit
Sep-22-17 Seattle, WA A Health Benefit Trust that covers Alaskan State Employees is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against St. Jude’s Medical and Abbott Laboratories seeking compensation for costs related to defective lithium battery powered implantable cardiac defibrillators. “They are not happy about having to pay for a device th... - Infant Death Prompts Recall of Baby Sling
Washington, DC: The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Sprout Stuff, of Austin, TX, is announcing the recall of about 40 Sprout Stuff infant ring slings. CPSC and Sprout Stuff are aware of one report of a death of a 10-day-old boy in the recalled sling in Round Rock, Texas in 2007. The Sprout Stuff infant r... - Children's Deaths Prompt Recall of 1.8 Million Toy Dart Guns
Washington, DC: Family Dollar Stores of Charlotte, NC, is recalling 1.8 million toy dart gun sets, due to reports of two asphyxiation deaths involving a 9-year-old boy in Chicago, Il, and a 10-year-old boy in Milwaukee, WI. If a child places the soft, pliable plastic toy dart in his/her mouth, the toy can be inhaled into the throat and prevent the... - Coming Unglued – DePuy Synthes Attune Buckles at the Knees
Sep-9-17 West Chester, PA: Evidence continues to mount that the DePuy Synthes Attune knee replacement device may be a defective product that can harm patients. There are many reasons for hip and knee implant failure , but a major culprit in the malfunction of Attune knees appears to be something rather technically referred to as “tibial baseplate fail... - Deaths and Adverse Events Prompt FDA Action on Infusion Pumps
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they are issuing preliminary guidelines requiring manufacturers of infusion pumps to supply them with adequate test data prior to the devices receiving federal approval for commercial sale. The move results from numerous complaints about a variety of automated pumps used to... - Class 1 Recall Issued for LIFEPAK 15 Monitor Defibrillator
Washington, DC: Physio-Control Inc, and FDA have issued a Class I Recall of the LifePak 15 Monitor/Defibrillator because there is the potential for the device to unexpectedly: Power Off then On by itself. Power Off then NOT turn On. Power Off by itself requiring the operator to turn it back On. Stay powered On and not allow itself to be turn... - Heart Surgery Patient Blames Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler System for Infections
Aug-22-17 Toronto, ON: Four years ago David had triple bypass heart surgery and he has been suffering from infections ever since. “Nobody could tell us why he was getting so many infections, until we got a letter from the hospital that said this Stockert 3T heater-cooler system used during surgery is linked to a rare bacterial infection,” says Shelly,... - Implantable Defibrillators with Faulty Batteries Lead to Class Action
Aug-12-17 Toronto, Ontario Thousands of Canadians and American cardiac arrhythmia patients with implantable defibrillators powered by faulty ion batteries and manufactured by St. Jude’s Medical Inc. and St. Jude’s Medical Canada are or will soon be eligible to join class actions suits in Canada and the US. Attorney Paul Miller, from the Toronto l... - Dimplex Recalls Remote Control Kits for Electric Fireplaces, Stoves
Washington, DC: About 700,000 remote control kits for electric fireplaces and stoves imported by Dimplex, are being recalled because the plug-in wall unit can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. So far, Dimplex has received about 5,000 reports of the plug-in wall units overheating including 19 reports of damage beyond the remote con... - Mother and Nurses Blame Catheter for Baby’s Death
Aug-3-17 Worcester, MA “The nurses in the hospital explained to me that baby Amber’s infection was due to the catheter . And my daughter’s autopsy states that infection was the cause of death,” says Tara. Amber was born prematurely and although she was underweight, she was healthy. “Amber needed a feeding tube that went from her... - Recycled Airbags Can be Checked, but Most Aren’t
Jul-27-17 Milwaukee, WI: Percolating just under the radar of the massive Takata airbag recall (and subsequent bankruptcy of the Japanese manufacturer) are airbag injuries resulting from use of recycled airbags in repaired vehicles either worthy of repair, or which had been deemed as salvage for scrap and parts but incredibly, were repaired and returned to the ro... - FDA, Thomas Medical Issue Class 1 Recall of Coronary Sinus Guide Systems
Washington, DC: The FDA and Thomas Medical Products Inc, notified healthcare professionals of a Class I Recall of certain lots of the product, tube-like devices placed into blood vessels to insert pacing or defibrillator wires and catheters into blood vessels. The sheath tip may break off and separate while the sheath is inside a blood vessel. If... - Medtronic Knew About Deficiencies, Lawsuit Says
Jul-18-17 Tucson, AZ: Medtronic devices which have been around since 1988 and 1999 respectively have been the focus of much scrutiny in recent years, with the most recent concern landing earlier this year with a Class 1 recall related to software associated with the SynchroMed Implantable Infusion Pump . A Class 1 recall, about which anyone considering a Medtroni... - Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Lawsuit Filed
Jul-5-17 Santa Clara, CA: Smith & Nephew is the latest hip replacement maker to face a lawsuit over defective design resulting in personal injury. The complaint was filed by a woman who alleges she developed metallosis, or metal blood poisoning, after having a Smith and Nephew 50mm Birmingham Resurfacing femoral head, and a 56mm Birmingham Resurfacing a... - Woman Burned When Pressure Cooker Explodes
Jun-27-17 Miami, FL: A Miami woman allegedly suffered burns to part of her body when a pressure cooker exploded while she was cooking, according to WPLG-10 news. The Broward County news station reported that the woman, who lives in Miami suburb Miami Gardens, was cooking beans and rice in a pressure cooker on May 2, 2017 when the machine exploded. Neighbors... - Abdominal Mesh Complaints Rise in Canada, MDL Established in the US
Jun-17-17 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: A Nova Scotia man is the latest Canadian to report complications with surgical abdominal mesh , and will likely join hundreds of other Canadian hernia surgery patients in a class action lawsuit against Ethicon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the makers of Physiomesh. Eric Hagen, 86, along with many other Canadian herni... - Defective Hip Implant Makers Busy with Recalls, Lawsuits and Settlements
May-31-17 Washington, DC: With countless recalls of defective hip implants , hip implant recipients are likely wondering when , rather than if, their device will fail. Companies recently having “issues” with their hip devices include Accolade, Smith and Nephew, Depuy, Zimmer Biomet and Stryker. Just over the past year, Stryker has been named def... - Nationwide Recall of All Accusure Insulin Syringes
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals today issued a voluntary nationwide recall of all Accusure Insulin Syringes. The distributed syringes are of the following descriptions and NDC numbers: 28G 1/2cc, NDC 0603-6995-21;28G 1cc, NDC 0603-6996-21; 29G 1/2cc NDC 0603-6997-21, 29G 1cc, NDC 0603-6998-21, 30G 1/2cc, NDC 0603-999-21, 30G 1cc, NDC 0603-7000-21, 31G 1/2cc,...