PowerPort Claims
A Clear Look at the Issue
PowerPort devices are implantable port catheters placed beneath the skin to provide repeated access to a vein for medical treatments such as chemotherapy or medication delivery. These devices are intended to offer long-term, reliable vascular access.
However, reports have raised concerns that certain PowerPort implants may be prone to serious complications. In some cases, patients experienced device failure, infection, or vascular injury that required additional procedures or caused significant harm. These claims focus on whether known risks were adequately addressed and whether patients were properly informed.
Conditions That May Apply
We review claims involving complications linked to a PowerPort implant, including:
- Fracture or breakage of the catheter, with or without migration, embolism, puncture, perforation, laceration of a blood vessel, or embedding in an organ
- Infection, including bloodstream infection or sepsis
- Thromboembolic events, such as pulmonary embolism, stroke, ischemia, or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
- Thrombosis, including catheter occlusion or deep vein thrombosis
- Port pocket infection, including necrosis or infection around the port reservoir
- Death related to complications from the PowerPort device
If the complication involved infection, it must have occurred at least 14 days after implantation and must have resulted in device removal within four weeks of the infection.
You May Be Eligible If
Claims are reviewed carefully and must meet defined medical, device, and legal criteria. In general, eligibility may apply if:
- You had a PowerPort or implantable port catheter surgically implanted
- The device was implanted in 2013 or later
- The port was manufactured by Bard, or you are unsure of the brand
- You required one or more procedures due to complications, including removal, replacement, attempted removal, scheduled removal, failed removal, or inability to remove the device
- The port was not used for total parenteral nutrition, patient access, illicit drug injection, or dialysis
- You can identify the hospital where the implant occurred
- You are able to complete standard identity verification and public record review requirements
Statute of limitations rules apply and are reviewed based on revision or death-related timelines.
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