Latest C-Qur Hernia Mesh lawsuit highlights serious problems with device

SAN DIEGO, CALIF., USA, January 20, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- An Ohio woman is the latest to add her name to the growing list of people suing Atrium Medical Corporation over its C-Qur hernia mesh.

Willie Calloway sued the medical device company in Pennsylvania federal court this month over allegations its C-Qur hernia mesh caused significant damage to some of her abdominal organs.

Willie was implanted with Atrium’s C-Qur mesh in 2010 while undergoing surgery to repair a hernia in her belly button, according to court documents.

Five years later, Willie was back in the hospital for a second surgery to repair the hernia again. She said in her lawsuit that for several years she had a painful lump where the C-Qur mesh had been placed.

When doctors went in to repair her recurrent hernia, they found large amounts of adhesions between the C-Qur mesh and her small bowel.

Surgeons had to remove two feet of her bowel because the damage was so extensive, according to the complaint.

Willie accused Atrium Medical of designing a defective hernia mesh and failing to warn about its risks. She alleged Atrium’s negligence caused her significant injuries, which included chronic inflammation, adhesions, and an embedded mesh.

She sued Atrium and its parent companies Maquet and Getinge Group, asserting claims for four counts, including defective manufacture and design, failure to warn, and negligence.

Willie’s lawsuit is one of more than 20 now filed in the newly formed Atrium C-Qur Hernia Mesh Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). Her case was just transferred from federal court in Western Pennsylvania to New Hampshire, where the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated C-Qur cases last month.

C-Qur Hernia Mesh is made using a novel Omega 3 gel coating intended to keep surrounding tissues from adhering to the mesh. It is the only hernia mesh on the market to use it and it is this same gel coating that Willie and other plaintiffs say led to their injuries.

C-Qur Hernia Mesh has been linked to chronic pain, recurrence of hernias, infection, rejection, scar tissue formation, improper wound healing, chronic inflammation, tissue damage, nerve damage, allergic reaction, adhesions, erosion, fistula formation, and more.

People who were injured after being implanted with a C-Qur Hernia Mesh may be able to file lawsuits of their own.

Schmidt National Law Group is now seeking claimants and is actively filing claims related to Atrium’s C-Qur Hernia Mesh and its potentially harmful side effects. Contact us today at 1-800-214-1010 or visit our website to learn more.

The case is Calloway vs. Atrium Medical Corporation et al. (2:17-cv-00060) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and In Re: Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 2753) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

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