Medical Design Technology
Published on Medical Design Technology (https://www.mdtmag.com)

Home > Medtronic can't dodge pain pump lawsuit

Medtronic can't dodge pain pump lawsuit

A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court's ruling, reviving a lawsuit accusing medical device giant Medtronic of negligence and liability for an implantable pain pump that allegedly left a patient with permanent paralysis.

Medtronic's SynchroMed EL implantable paim pump

Medical device giant Medtronic [1] (NYSE:MDT [2]) lost a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing, with a panel of judges ruling unanimously that a case against the medical device giant and its implantable pain pumps may proceed.

The case had been thrown out of court earlier this year when a federal judge dismissed the case of grounds of preemption, which holds that patients can't sue medical device makers in state courts over products that went through the FDA's most stringent review process, called pre-market approval.

The 9th Circuit's 3-judge panel this week decided that plaintiff Richard Stengel, who had the pump implanted into his abdomen in 2000, could proceed with his negligence claims against Medtronic, Thomson Reuters [3] reported.

Content Item Type: 
News [4]
Meta Canonical URL: 
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/01/medtronic-cant-dodge-pain-pump-lawsuit
Summary: 
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court's ruling, reviving a lawsuit accusing medical device giant Medtronic of negligence and liability for an implantable pain pump that allegedly left a patient with permanent paralysis. Medical device giant Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) lost a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing, with a panel of judges ruling unanimously that a case against the medical device giant and its implantable pain pumps may proceed. Legal News, News Well, Drug Pumps, Implants, Pain Management, Personal Injuryread more
Contributed Author: 
Mass Device
Legacy NID: 
136 646

Deeper Insights

<% if ( rc.ss_related_image_url != null ){ %>
?cmpid=regwallcontent&utm_source=Deeper%20Insights">">
<% } %>

?cmpid=regwallcontent&utm_source=Deeper%20Insights" + ""><%- rc.label %>

<% if ( rc.ss_search_logo != null ){ %>
">
<% } %>
Advertisement
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-clone_of_wallpaper"); });
(function() { var _fbq = window._fbq || (window._fbq = []); if (!_fbq.loaded) { var fbds = document.createElement('script'); fbds.async = true; fbds.src = '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbds.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(fbds, s); _fbq.loaded = true; } _fbq.push(['addPixelId', '745881082149515']); })(); window._fbq = window._fbq || []; window._fbq.push(['track', 'PixelInitialized', {}]);
(function(d,s,i,r) { if (d.getElementById(i)){return;} var n=d.createElement(s),e=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; n.id=i;n.src='//js.hs-analytics.net/analytics/'+(Math.ceil(new Date()/r)*r)+'/1743435.js'; e.parentNode.insertBefore(n, e); })(document,"script","hs-analytics",300000);

Connect with Medical Design Technology

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Resources

  • About Us
  • Advertising Info
  • Contact Us
  • Contributor Guidelines
  • Digital Editions
  • Directory FAQs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Product Announcement Form
  • Subscriptions
  • Terms & Conditions

Topics

  • Cardiovascular
  • Diabetes
  • Home Healthcare
  • Implantables
  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pain Management
  • Prosthetics
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Surgical
  • Wearables

© Copyright 2018 Advantage Business Marketing

var _qevents = _qevents || []; (function() { var elem = document.createElement('script'); elem.src = (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://secure" : "http://edge") + ".quantserve.com/quant.js"; elem.async = true; elem.type = "text/javascript"; var scpt = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; scpt.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, scpt); })(); _qevents.push({ qacct:"p-jsEPJWTckjCbE" });
Quantcast
googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("dfp-ad-roadblock_modal"); });
"" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;">
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("dfp-ad-roadblock_modal"); });

Source URL: https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/01/medtronic-cant-dodge-pain-pump-lawsuit

Links
[1] http://www.massdevice.com/company/medtronic
[2] http://www.google.com/finance?q=mdt
[3] http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/California/News/2013/01_-_January/9th_Circuit_revives_Medtronic_pain_pump_suit/
[4] https://www.mdtmag.com/content-item-types/news