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Posts in Defective & Dangerous Medical Devices
Mar 14Exactech Issues Massive Recall of Knee, Hip, and Ankle DevicesSome of the most routine surgeries performed in many hospitals are knee, hip, and ankle replacements. There are over 600,000 knee …View Article Mar 13How to Seek Compensation for a Defective Medical DeviceUnfort...
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Exactech Issues Massive Recall of Knee, Hip, and Ankle Devices
Some of the most routine surgeries performed in many hospitals are knee, hip, and ankle replacements. There are over 600,000 knee replacement surgeries carried out by surgeons every year in the United States. Medical industry statistics reveal that over 2. 5 million patients live ...
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How to Seek Compensation for a Defective Medical Device
Unfortunately, defective medical devices are on the rise. Just in the year 2020 alone, there were several defective medical devices recalled, from IUDs to insulin pumps. While defective products, in general, can cause harm to consumers, defective medical devices can cause even mo...
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What is the Exactech Knee Device that has been Recalled?
Knee replacements are some of the most common surgical procedures that take place in the United States. In fact, knee replacement surgery is often recommended for patients who suffer from conditions like arthritis, osteoarthritis, hemophilia, and avascular necrosis. There are hun...
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How to Ensure a Medical Device Does Not Harm You
The idea of a medical instrument causing additional harm to the body when it is designed to reduce harm is terrifying for all patients. Unfortunately, many patients find themselves in this predicament due to a large number of defective medical devices. Stericycle Expert Solutions...
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How Can a Lawyer Help Someone with an Exactech Device?
Medical device manufacturers have the same duty of care to consumers as all American manufacturers. When designing, manufacturing, and even selling a product on the marketplace, manufacturers have an obligation to guarantee that the product on the marketplace is safe for the cons...
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Steps to Take if You Have a Recalled Exactech Device in Your Body
There are defective devices that can cause serious harm – and even death – to consumers if they are not recalled from the marketplace. Medical defective devices absolutely fall into that category. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), medical devices are not as rig...
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Signs of a Defective Exactech Device
As terrifying as it is to imagine, defective medical devices are more common than people believe. Take the company Exactech, for example. Exactech is a global medical device manufacturer that creates thousands of implants and instruments for ankle, knee, and hip replacements. Sad...
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What Damage Can a Defective Medical Device Do to My Body?
Medical devices can help improve a patient’s quality of life – when they work in the manner that they are designed. When they are defective, they can cause as much – or even more – harm to a patient as the patient’s current condition. Unfortunately, medical devices are not as scr...
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What is the Exactech hip Device that has been Recalled?
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports that surgeons in the United States perform more than 450,000 hip replacements every year. Patients who begin to experience hip pain that affects their everyday life can benefit from hip replacement surgery. Still, there is a ...
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What is the Exactech Ankle Device that has been Recalled?
Although knee and hip replacement surgeries are common, ankle replacement surgery is another beneficial surgery for patients with joint conditions. Although it is not as common, it can help patients with maintaining their mobility. Ankle replacement surgery can also be painful fo...
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