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• Newport Ventilator Recall Issued by Medtronic Following One Patient Death: FDA

  June 16, 2025

  Darian Hauf

  Certain Medtronic Newport ventilators are being recalled and discontinued after federal health officials issued a Class I warning, citing unexpected failures that can stop the machines from delivering proper breathing support.

• Covidien Parietex Optimized Composite (PCOx) Hernia Mesh Lawsuits To Be Prepared for Trial

  May 21, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Two Covidien Parietex Optimized Composite hernia mesh lawsuits have been chosen to be prepared to potentially serve as the third Covidien hernia mesh bellwether trial.

• Second Bellwether Trial in Covidien Hernia Mesh Lawsuit MDL Set for July 2026

  May 14, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Five months after the first Covidien bellwether trial gets underway in February 2026, a case involving hernia mesh adhesion injuries suffered by a Mississippi woman will be the second to go before a jury next summer.

• Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulator Lawsuit Alleges Device Worsened Pain

  April 30, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Federal regulators accepted hundreds of changes to a Medtronic SCS device without reexamining it for premarket approval, which eventually led a Kentucky woman to experience multiple injuries.

• Covidien Mesh Lawsuit Set For Trial in Feb. 2026, Over Defective Hernia Implant

  April 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has identified the first Covidien mesh lawsuit that will go before a jury, in a bellwether trial scheduled to begin early next year.

• Medtronic Recall Issued for Open Heart Surgery Device With Loose Materials That Could Injure Patients

  April 2, 2025

  Michael Adams

  Federal health officials indicate that certain Medtronic vascular cannula devices could release loose materials into patients’ bodies during open heart surgeries.

• Medical Device Manufacturers Often Fail To Submit Timely Adverse Event Reports to FDA: Study

  March 19, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  The findings of a new study indicate that medical device manufacturers turn in a third of all adverse patient event reports later than legally required.

• Medtronic Pipeline Recall Issued After Embolization Device Linked to Injuries, Deaths

  March 19, 2025

  Darian Hauf

  Medtronic Neurovascular has issued a recall and updated instructions for two separate models of the company’s Pipeline Vantage brain aneurysm stents.

• Mediation To Discuss Settling Covidien Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Set for March 31 Through April 4

  March 14, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties involved in Covidien hernia mesh lawsuits indicate they are ready to meet with a mediator in a couple weeks to begin potential settlement negotiations.

• Medtronic Insulin Pump Air Pressure Issues Could Lead to Dangerously Low Blood Sugar Levels

  March 6, 2025

  Darian Hauf

  A medical device correction was issued by the manufacturer after identifying a design flaw that could lead to the insulin pumps malfunctioning during airplane flights.