Medical Implants

There are countless ways to experience injury from medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers, silicone breast implants, intrauterine contraceptive devices, and other internal implants. A product can be misused by medical doctors or might be recalled but still be in use by a particular practice.

A company called Sulzer Orthopedics has recently recalled a product used for hip implants. A lubricant residue used in the manufacturing of these devices prevents the bone from bonding with the hip implant, causing pain in the inner thigh and groin and also making it difficult to rise from a seated to standing position. People who received the defective Sulzer devices are usually entitled to compensation. Learn more about the Sulzer hip implants from product liability attorneys. At Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP we are ready to assist the injured throughout the state.

Another major medical implant defect involves Johnson & Johnson's heart device, the Cypher Stent. This tiny wire mesh device is placed near the opening of surgically cleared arteries and slowly releases a drug to help reduce blockage. Patients can sometimes be hypersensitive to the drugs coating the stent and experience respiratory alterations and blood pressure changes. It has been found that hundreds of blood clots and more than 60 deaths were directly related to the Cypher Stent. Find out how the attorneys at Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP can help you with your lawsuit. Our offices are centrally located for residents of San Antonio.

Victims are often entitled to compensation from the manufacturers of faulty devices. If you have been injured because of a medical implant problem, let our product liability attorneys help you claim your rights under law. Contact our offices for a consultation.