15 results

• Karl Storz Endoscope Recall Issued Over Inadequate Sterilization Process

  April 5, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA warns that instructions for cleaning dozens of models of Karl Storz urological endoscopes is insufficient, and could leave patients vulnerable to infections.

• Infections Linked To Reprocessed Urological Endoscopes Under Investigation, FDA Announces

  April 2, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA is warning that certain urological endoscopes have been linked to hundreds of infections and several deaths in recent years.

• Leiomyosarcoma Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Laparoscopic Morcellator Manufacturers

  December 8, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A wrongful death lawsuit filed by a New York man indicates that his wife died because of a power morcellator which spread leiomyosarcoma cancer to other parts of her body.

• Risk of Upstaging Uterine Cancer is Common Issue in All Morcellator Lawsuits, Plaintiff Alleges

  September 25, 2015

  Austin Kirk

  A panel of federal judges will consider next week whether all power morcellator lawsuits should be consolidated before one judge for pretrial proceedings, regardless of different manufacturers named as defendants.

• Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Resulted in Metastasized Stage 4 Cancer, Lawsuit Alleges

  August 7, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A morcellator lawsuit has been filed by a New Jersey woman with advanced stage leiomyosarcoma who says she was never warned the devices could spread undiagnosed cancer.

• Power Morcellator Manufacturers Oppose MDL For Uterine Cancer Lawsuits

  July 13, 2015

  Austin Kirk

  Morcellator manufacturers are opposing plaintiffs' efforts to consolidate uterine cancer lawsuits before one judge for pretrial proceedings.

• Undiagnosed Uterine Cancer Spread During Laparoscopic Hysterectomy, Lawsuit Alleges

  June 30, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A morcellator lawsuit has been filed over the death of a woman who had undiagnosed uterine cancer spread by the device during a laparoscopic hysterectomy.

• Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy Lawsuit Filed Over Cancer Spread by Morcellator

  February 2, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit alleges a Karl Storz morcellator used during a laparoscopic hysterectomy caused the spread of advanced stage breast cancer and bone cancer.

• Hysterectomy Morcellator Lawsuits Begin to Mount Over Spread of Cancer

  January 9, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  An increasing number of power morcellator lawsuits are being filed by women or loved ones who lost female relatives nationwide due to the spread of cancer cells by the devices.

• Karl Storz Gets FDA Warning Letter Over Endoscopes Due to Cleaning Problems

  December 19, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has issued a warning letter to Karl Storz over problems with cleaning brushes the company says can clean one of its endoscopes.