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The Food & Drug Administration has reportedly warned Invacare Corp. of possible action for failing to report problems with its electronic devices. The FDA has said two deaths were linked to malfunctioning beds manufactured by Inavacare, reports say. The FDA said Invacare had failed to investigate continuing complaints with its adjustable beds, which were the cause of four complaints involving sparks or fires that were reportedly as a result of the manufacture of its beds, with more than two cases…

Triad Group alcohol swabs, prep pads, and alcohol Swabsticks have been recalled due to concerns of possible contamination. The contamination is from a bacteria called bacillus cereus, which is a bug typically found in food contamination, reports say. Illness will appear within one day of exposure and will typically start with some form of diarrhea. Serious illness and permanent injury are very rare, reports say. Reports say the affected Alcohol Swabs, Alcohol Prep Pads and Alcohol Swabsticks are typically used…

Private Jonathan Morales, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died sometime last summer after a basic training march at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, reports say. The recent army recruit was taken to a hospital in Columbia, SC following his collapse, but base spokesmen had no other details about Morales’ death. Fort Jackson is next to Columbia and is the largest training base for the U.S. Army. But reports say that Morales was an athlete in good health, and a third-place finalist in the…

Reports say Boston Scientific’s Guidant Unit is set to pay a criminal penalty for failing to announce safety information about its implantable heart defibrillators. The devices were reportedly linked to the deaths of 13 people when they short circuited, reports say. A settlement with the Department of justice and Boston Scientific was rejected by a U.S. District Judge in April, citing concerns from doctors and patients. The judge has approved a new settlement that still allows the $296 million fine,…

Five hip replacement patients have filed suit against DePuy Orthopaedics, saying the devices had defects and that DuPuy knew of the defects and did nothing about them. DePuy issued a worldwide recall of the ASR XL Acetabular System, a hip socket used in traditional hip replacement, last summer. The ASR Hip Resurfacing System, a system that fits a metal cap on corrupted ball of the femur, was only not fully approved in the United States. Reports say that smaller patients…