Lawsuit Filed Today Against Makers of Soy-Based Trilucent Breast Implants; May Cause Toxic Reactions Including Cancer - At least one victim available for interview.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2000 Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman filed a products liability suit in a California Federal Court today against five U.S. companies that developed, manufactured and/or sold the potentially dangerous Trilucent breast implants filled with soya oil and used in approximately 9,000 procedures conducted in the UK and Europe. The latest scientific data shows that this type of implant may be harmful according to the Medical Devices Agency (MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. ) in the U.K. and according to Professor Kevin Chipman of the Committee on Toxicology it could potentially cause cancer. Although approved with the European CE quality mark by TUV (Technischer Überwachungs-Verein) Literally "Technical Watch-Over Association." A German certifying body involved with product safety for the European community. Munich, a privately owned company based in Germany, research indicates that the oil can and does leak from the implants, and that toxic products created when the oil deteriorates are harmful and potentially cancerous. In 1999, Dr. S. Montrey with the Department of Plastic Surgery at University Hospital in Belgium released a report called "Biocompatibility biocompatibility the quality of not having toxic or injurious effects on biological systems. biocompatibility 1. The extent to which a foreign, usually implanted, material elicits an immune or other response in a recipient 2. and Oxidative Stability of Radiolucent radiolucent /ra·dio·lu·cent/ (ra?de-o-loo´sent) permitting the passage of radiant energy, such as x-rays, with little attenuation, the representative areas appearing dark on the exposed film. Breast Implants," which showed that when the soy implants leak, lipid peroxides are formed and turn into toxins in the body. Based upon that and other research, this year, the British government warned that the implants should be removed. The implants, which were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. ) and therefore unavailable in the U.S., were withdrawn from sale in the UK in 1999 and so far approximately 2,000 women have had them removed. The five defendants named in the case are: AEI AEI American Enterprise Institute AEI Archive of European Integration AEI Australian Education International AEI Automotive Engineering International AEI Australian Education Index AEI Albert Einstein Institute , an American company formerly known as Collagen Aesthetics Inc.; Inamed Corp., a public company; Cohesion Technologies, Inc., a public company; TUV, the company that approved the implant for sale with its CE stamp; Washington University at St. Louis, where the product was invented, patented and sold, and LipoMatrix, Inc., a British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands A British colony in the eastern Caribbean east of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Road Town, on Tortola Island, is the capital. Population: 21,700. Noun 1. company with U.S. offices that manufactured the implant. "With the knowledge we have on the dangers caused by breast implants, it was unconscionable Unusually harsh and shocking to the conscience; that which is so grossly unfair that a court will proscribe it. When a court uses the word unconscionable to describe conduct, it means that the conduct does not conform to the dictates of conscience. to put so many women at risk," said Jeffery Herman, managing partner at the Miami-based law firm of Herman & Mermelstein, P.A. "It is heart-wrenching to think that many of the women who received these implants and have been put at risk of developing cancer did so after having successful mastectomies to remove breast cancer." Approximately 5,000 of the women who received the implants are thought to be in the UK. The remainder are spread out across Europe and the U.S. A number of American women traveled overseas for the procedure. Herman will be in London on Thursday, Aug. 17 - Saturday, Aug. 19 at the Ritz Hotel to answer questions about the dangerous Trilucent Breast Implants. Call Herman's international toll free number 0800 0152795 for information or to schedule an appointment during that time. You may also email Herman at trilucentclaims@hermanlaw.com or visit the Web Site www.trilucentclaims.com. In the U.S. Herman can be reached at 305-377-2200. Herman & Mermelstein P.A. is a boutique Miami-based law firm that focuses on litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. and aviation matters. |
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