IVC Filter Legal Help Center

IVC (inferior vena cava) filters are implanted in patients at risk for blood clots and pulmonary embolism. Typical candidates for IVC Filter implants include those who are immobilized, those who are unable to take anticoagulant medications, and those for whom anticoagulant medications are not effective. The device is intended to filter the blood and prevent blood clots from moving through the body and causing a pulmonary embolism.

In 2010, the FDA issued a safety warning stating retrievable filters posed risks of filter fracture, device migration and organ perforation and should be removed as soon as the patient’s risk for blood clots subsided. In 2014 the FDA issued an updated safety communication, stating most devices should be removed between the 29th and 54th day after implantation. Unfortunately these warning came after many had already experienced serious complication or death due to IVC filter complications

Known complications include:

IVC filter manufacturers C.R. Bard and Cook Medical are accused of failure to warn, design defects, manufacturing defects, breach of implied warranty and negligent misrepresentation on the part the companies and their subsidiaries. The products included in current lawsuits against the companies include:

• The Bard Recovery filter
• The Bard G2 filter
• The Bard G2 Express filter
• The Cook Gunther Tulip filter
• The Cook Celect filter

Evidence shows that Bard and Cook may have known of the increased complication risks associated with their products as far back as the early 2000s and yet failed to inform the FDA, doctors, or the public. Additional evidence has come forward indicating fraud may have occurred during Bard’s FDA clearance process.

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has centralized all present and future federal product liability lawsuits against inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter) manufacturers, C.R. Bard, Inc. and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. (BPV), to a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the District of Arizona.

Located in Central Phoenix, Arentz Law Group is prepared to assist IVC filter victims nationwide to seek compensation for their injuries due to manufacturer negligence. The IVC filter lawyers of ALG believe that patients and doctors who put their trust in medical devices deserve to have full information when they make medical decisions and that corporate profits should never come before patient safety. Arentz Law Group has recovered more than $1 billion in settlements and verdicts on behalf of injured consumers.

IVC filter patients are urged to seek legal counsel to find out more about their rights and how IVC filter problems or the current litigation surrounding these issues may affect them.  Arentz Law Group can be reached by calling 1-800-305-6000 or by completing the contact form on this page.

Anyone who believes they may have been implanted with one of the retrievable filters in question is encouraged to seek counsel regarding their legal rights, however, not all are have a claim for compensation at this time.

If you would like to find out if you may have a legal claim for compensation due to IVC Filter problems, we welcome you to use ALG’s new online case evaluation tool:

IVC Filter Online Case Evaluation Tool