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Pritzker Olsen attorneys have appeared on CBS News, Fox news, and numerous local television stations throughout the country. They have recovered millions for people injured by defective medical products. To contact our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consultation form.

Lead Removal Medical Malpractice

Pritzker Olsen law firm is actively investigating possible claims of medical malpractice in the surgical removal of leads for implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators (lead extraction malpractice). In addition to injury cases, we are representing the family of a man who died after having a Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead removed. With the Medtronic Sprint Fidelis cases, we are pursuing product liability and medical malpractice claims. Read about a Medtronic lawsuit.

Removal of an old lead is a very difficult and challenging procedure because the lead may have become overgrown with fibrous tissue and therefore stuck inside a major blood vessel. Extracting the lead can be dangerous but leaving it in place can make it more difficult to remove later because of the growth of fibrous tissue.

If you or a loved one have been the victim of complications during a cardiac lead extraction, please contact attorneys Elliot Olsen and Fred Pritzker for a free consultation.

Posted May 2009.

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Medtronic Catheter Recall

Medtronic and the FDA have announced a recall of the following ventricular catheter models:
  • Innervision Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide®, Catalog Number 27782
  • Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide®, Catalog Number 27802
  • Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide®, Catalog Number 27708
According to Medtronic, it has been determined from nine reports of disconnected catheters requiring revision surgery, that the listed ventricular catheters may become detached from the snap base assembly after implantation and that this condition may increase the need for emergency revision surgery.

Consequences for a patient with failure of a Medtronic ventricular catheter may include: nausea, vomiting, headache, lethargy, change in mental status, seizures, visual disturbance, and other more serious conditions.

If you or a loved one has had to have emergency surgery due to a defective Medtronic catheter, you may have grounds for a Medtronic lawsuit.

Our law firm is representing a number of patients in Medtronic lawsuits. Our managing attorney for these Medtronic lawsuit cases is Elliot Olsen. If you would like to discuss your Medtronic catheter case with Elliot or another attorney at our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consultation form.

You should also ask us about federal preemption and Riegel v. Medtronic, which may affect your ability to obtain compensation from Medtronic.

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Pritzker Olsen attorneys have appeared on national television and have been quoted by national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Lawyers USA. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law and Politics magazine (2008 and previous years). Attorney Fred Pritzker is also listed in the current edition (2008) of The Best Lawyers in America. To contact Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit the firm's free consultation form.

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Fred Pritzker Listed in The Best Lawyers in America

Fred Pritzker has been notified that he will again be listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in personal injury litigation.

 

Attorney Elliot Olsen Speaks at Conference

Attorney Elliot Olsen recently spoke at the Seventh Annual LifeScience Alley Conference in Minneapolis on Preemption and the Future of Medical Device Litigation.  He appeared with Randall Pattee of Lindquist and Vennum and Jean Lance, VP of corporate legal and general counsel for Boston Scientific. 

 

Zicam Lawsuit

Several lawsuits have been filed alleging Zicam caused loss of smell (anosmia) and taste, and our lawyers are reviewing potential claims. We are gathering information about Zicam smell loss. Read more about Zicam: Zicam class action lawsuit, warning letter from the FDA to Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. regarding Zicam Cold Remedy nasal spray and gel swabs, Zicam recall.

 

Remembering SmellAfter only one use of a Zicam Cold Remedy product, Bonnie Blodgett lost her sense of smell. A gradening writer and foodie, her life was drastically changed. She recently published Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing--and Discovering--the Primal Sense in which she chronicals her experience with losing her sense of smell and then slowly getting it back again.

Bonnie's experience with Zicam is similar to many of our other clients. They experienced a burning sensation during the first use of a Zicam product and then lost their sense of smell (anosmia). Most of them were not as fortunate as Bonnie and have not regained their sense of smell.

For more information about Remembering Smell, please click on the image of the book. 

Ortho Evra Lawsuit: Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch

The Ortho Evra birth control patch has been linked to an increased risk of blood clots that can lead to pulmonary embolism, stroke and heart attack.

 

Fentanyl Lawsuit and Fentanyl Recall

There have been a number of recalls regarding fentanyl due to the risk of a fentanyl overdose.

 

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