![]() ![]() In a statement sent to CTV News, Cook Medical said "all medical devices and procedures have benefits and risks associated with them." In his claim, Kuiper alleges he has experienced dizzy spells and has been told it’s possible his filter is becoming clogged and is blocking his blood flow. He is scheduled to undergo a third attempt on Monday. Kuiper says doctors have since made two unsuccessful attempts to remove the device and have been told it is likely they will not be able to extract it. On Monday, Arie Kuiper of Courtice, Ont., filed a similar lawsuit, asking for $500,000 for each person implanted with a Cook Medical IVC filter, as well as $20 million in damages. They can break off, migrate, puncture the lungs and cause serious injuries that people are not properly warned of," said Kopeck's lawyer Matthew Baer.Īnd the Kopecks aren't the only Canadians to launch a lawsuit against the U.S. "The science is showing there is all sorts of problems with retrieving them. ![]() In response to the ordeal, Kopeck and her husband filed a $200-million class-action lawsuit against Cook Medical last month, alleging she was never warned of the potential risks. "I'm very afraid that someday I may move just the wrong way, or it may just fail on its own, which is what is happening, and the (device's) leg will break and the filter will travel to my heart and kill me," Kopeck told CTV News. Kopeck says doctors told her it was too dangerous to remove the device and she would have to stay on blood thinners for the rest of her life.Īnd now, Kopeck is worried the filter is a "ticking time bomb." A PET scan a few weeks afterwards revealed the filter had broken, with one leg piercing her internal jugular vein and the rest of the device migrating into her small intestines. The devices are often used temporarily until a patient can be placed on blood thinners.īut when Kopeck went to have it removed in October, doctors determined it was too risky to proceed. The thin, wire-apparatus is implanted into the inferior vena cava - which is the largest vein in the body that runs along the spine towards the heart - and works by capturing a blockage and allowing the blood to flow around it, using the body's natural anticoagulants to break it down. The device was supposed to save her from a potential embolism should the blood clot in her leg travel towards her lungs or heart. In August 2013, a Cook Medical inferior vena cava filter was implanted inside Wendy Kopeck of Red Deer, Alta. The plaintiffs allege the apparatuses have broken apart and become trapped inside their bodies, and left them dealing with the painful consequences. manufacturer of a device designed to block potentially deadly bloods clots. Two class-action lawsuits have been launched by Canadians against the U.S. ![]()
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