IVC filters were designed to prevent blood clots from reaching vital organs.
Some patients who received IVC filters claim that, among other things, the filters broke apart and migrated to other parts of the body where they caused sometimes life-threatening IVC filter complications.
IVC Filter Lawsuits in 2020
As of January 2020, the total number of actions pending against C. R. Bard in the respective multidistric litigation (MDL) has reached a total of nearly 8,000 cases. The Cook IVC Filter MDL instead has surpassed 6,000 cases, although another approximately 1,000 have been settled or discarded already.
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