AngioDynamics Vaxcel Port Lawsuit Filed After Catheter Fractured in Patient’s Body
A piece of the fractured AngioDynamics Vaxcel port migrated into a woman's heart and was unable to be removed.
A piece of the fractured AngioDynamics Vaxcel port migrated into a woman's heart and was unable to be removed.
Minnesota woman had to have an AngioDynamics port catheter surgically removed after doctors determined it was the source of a staph infection.
Number of Bard PowerPort lawsuits has nearly doubled over past three months, as lawyers prepare to narrow down a group of 24 bellwether cases being prepared for trial.
Materials used in the port catheter cause patients to face an increased risk of infections, according to recently filed AngioDymanics Xcela lawsuit.
Broken pieces of the Angiodynamics Vortex chemo port have been deemed too dangerous to remove from the plaintiff’s veins.
Lawsuit comes as a panel of federal judges are scheduled to hear oral arguments later this month, to determine whether all AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits should be centralized before one judge.
U.S. JPML has confirmed that Bard PowerPort infection lawsuits raising alternative theories of causation, such as reservoir defects, should be included in the federal MDL established last year in the District of Arizona
MDL panel will hear oral arguments on Jan. 25, to determine whether port reservoir defect lawsuits should be combined with other Bard port lawsuits being pursued over problems with the catheter material.