Ethicon Prolene Hernia Patch Lawsuit Filed in New Jersey

Ethicon Prolene Hernia Patch Lawsuit Filed in New Jersey

Introduction

A lawsuit filed by a plaintiff in the New Jersey Supreme Court against Ethicon Prolene manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, alleges that the hernia patch led to a series of complications ever since it was implanted.

The complaint filed by the plaintiff on July 5 indicates that he was implanted with a 4.5 cm by 10 cm patch of the Ethicon Prolene Hernia System February 2007, for correcting a right inguinal hernia. Surgeons discovered that the Prolene Hernia Mesh got attached to the inguinal canal floor and encircled his spermatic cord as well as the iliac inguinal nerve. The condition worsened as he developed severe pain, inflammation, nausea, extreme weight loss, and the need for additional surgeries. Eventually, he underwent revision surgery to remove the hernia patch in December 2009. The lawsuit states Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon did not conduct proper clinical trials for their Ethicon multi-layered hernia mesh product line, which includes the Prolene Hernia System, as well as the recalled Physiomesh product.  

Hernia Mesh Lawsuits were consolidated in June 2017 for pretrial proceedings in the Northern District of Georgia as a part of a multidistrict litigation (MDL No. 2782; In Re: Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation) presided over by Judge Richard Story.