Covidien is a spinoff of Tyco Healthcare that dates back to 2007. Covidien, like many medical devices manufacturers, has produced and sold transvaginal mesh products to women as a method of treating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Covidien products including the IVS Tunneller, the Duo, Surgipro Mesh, Parietene Mesh and Pelvicol mesh implants.
Unfortunately, the Covidien vaginal mesh products are no safer than those made by other major manufacturers including C.R. Bard, Johnson & Johnson, Boston Scientific and American Medical Systems. As such, Covidien is facing lawsuits from women experiencing complications, and these claims have become part of centralized multidistrict litigation (MDL). Victims who had a Covidien product implanted should speak with a Boston transvaginal mesh lawyer about how they can pursue legal action to obtain compensation with losses.
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