A federal court in South Carolina has rejected two medical device distributors’ requests to dismiss a lawsuit holding them accountable for post-op complications due to the use of counterfeit surgical mesh they supplied to a surgical facility.
The mesh, supplied by Ram Medical and Medline Industries, was labeled and sold as C. R. Bard/Davol brand name surgical mesh, but is believed to be counterfeit mesh made in China. This kind of surgical mesh is used to reinforce weak soft tissue, such as for hernia repair and chest wall defects.
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September 16th, 2011