Bard Sold Blood Clot Filters Despite Dangers
February 23, 2016What did medical device maker C.R. Bard do after it learned problems existed with its blood clot filter? The medical device in question was developed to replace a different filter implicated in the deaths of 27 people? Bard continued selling the filters — more than 160,000 of them in a five-year period.
Bard is a New Jersey-based corporation that manufacturers medical devices,...