The FDA has issued a new warning to doctors about the risks of surgical staplers, and will hold a public hearing and issue new guidance on their safety and use…
A San Jose woman and her husband have been awarded $9.8 million in a lawsuit against Ethicon for manufacturing a defective surgical stapler which caused her serious abdominal injuries.
A surgical stapler used for heart surgery is being recalled following at least one death and dozens of injuries linked to failures of the device to close heart wounds.
An Ethicon Proximate stapler lawsuit filed by a Michigan man claims that the recalled surgical staplers were defective, causing him to suffer severe and permanent injuries.
After a batch of surgical staples were stolen from a Covidien manufacturing facility, the FDA has issued a safety advisory to warn healthcare providers about the potential black-market staples, as…
More than 157,000 Ethicon surgical staplers have been recalled, due to problems with incomplete firing strokes that may cause faulty staple formation, potentially resulting in painful and severe internal complications…
In response to reports where doctors have had problems with Ethicon Endo-Surgery staplers, more than 500 lots of the Proximate surgical staplers have been recalled.
Covidien has issued a recall of Roticulator single-use surgical staplers, due to potential sterility issues that may pose an infection risk for patients.
