Manufacturer negligence spurs shoulder pain pump injury

Many Americans are being hurt, not healed, when seeking medical care, and the reason is manufacturer negligence in creating medical devices.

One such device is a shoulder pain pump. Several manufacturers have produced defective shoulder pain pumps and given improper directions on their use to physicians. As a result, many patients have emerged from surgery in worse condition than beforehand.
Also known as an intra-articular pain pump or an anesthetic pain pump, these devices are designed to deliver pain-easing medication to the shoulder periodically after arthroscopic shoulder surgery. But some such shoulder pain pumps have been improperly inserted directly into the shoulder joint, despite the fact that the Food and Drug Administration has expressly not approved such a procedure.

PAGCL can cause extreme pain

The procedure has created a variety of debilitating conditions in patients post-surgery, though some such conditions have not manifested themselves until 3-12 months after surgery. At that time, some patients have experienced stiffness and a reduction in motion. But too many have suffered extreme pain via a condition known as PAGCL, or postarthroscopic glenohumeral chondrolysis.

This condition causes an irreversible deterioration of cartilage in the shoulder joint, so that the shoulder's bones grind painfully against each other. The American Journal of Sports Medicine has identified the likely source of such injuries as being intra-articular shoulder pain pumps. It's also estimated that almost two-thirds of arthroscopic shoulder surgery patients who receive such a device will develop PAGCL.

Virtually the only thing standing between such victims and a lifetime of excruciating pain is very expensive shoulder replacement surgery. Such patients never should have suffered such pain, and they certainly should not have had to seek costly shoulder replacement surgery. Rather, these tragedies befell them for a clear reason with clear blame: manufacturer negligence.

A shoulder pain pump lawyer can help

Americans are protected from such negligence in the legal realm. Indeed, a skilled shoulder pain pump lawyer can fight successfully in a shoulder pain pump lawsuit to hold such manufacturers accountable for their negligence, thereby gaining financial compensation for victims to cover medical costs, lost wages and pain and suffering.

In order to engage such a shoulder pain pump attorney, victims of defective shoulder pain pumps should contact the Goldwater Law Firm. Based in Scottsdale, AZ, and founded by Attorney Robert W. Goldwater III, the Goldwater Law Firm has helped thousands of Americans across the country with their personal injury needs. The Goldwater Law Firm offers a free case evaluation via the online form found on this Web page, and the law firm can provide an experienced shoulder pain pump lawyer to those in need of one.

Which manufacturers are negligent?

Which manufacturers specifically are responsible for defective shoulder pain pump injuries? Among them are I-Flow Inc., Stryker, DJO Inc. and BREG Inc. Among the shoulder pain pumps which cause injury are the Stryker, the Stryker PainPump 1, the Stryker PainPump 2, the I-Flow, Donjoy, Donjoy Pain Control Device, On-Q Painbuster, PainPump Blockadeand Accufuser Plus Pain Pump. The manufacturer of the drug in the pain pumps also is legally liable.

Americans have a right to be protected against such manufacturer negligence. Contact the Goldwater Law Firm for a free case review and launch the process of gaining your financial recovery, as well as regaining your health and your peace of mind.