IVC Filter Failure & Serious Complications
Scores of people have filed IVC Filter lawsuits against C.R. Bard Inc. and other companies that manufacture and market retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. These devices, which are intended to prevent blood clots from traveling to the lungs and causing a pulmonary embolism, are allegedly associated with unacceptably high rates of fracture, breakage, and migration. These issues may result in a range of life-threatening complications, including:
Internal bleeding
Cardiac tamponade
Severe pain
Puncture of the Inferior vena cava
Pulmonary embolism
Respiratory distress
Deep vein thrombosis in lower limbs
Death