Tag: Clips

Obstetrics and Gynecology Expert Witness Allowed to Testify that Factors Other than Migrated Filshie Clips Caused Plaintiffs’ Injuries

Feb 27, 2025

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by

Expert Witness Profiler

in Expert Challenges, Obstetrics and Gynecology Expert Witness

Defendants CooperSurgical, Inc., Femcare, Ltd., and Utah Medical Products, Inc. manufacture and distribute birth control devices called Filshie Clips. Filshie Clips are 3-5 millimeters wide and are laparoscopically placed on the fallopian tubes. Plaintiffs are individuals who had tubal ligation surgery in 2009 and 2010. Plaintiffs Giovanna Bulox and Lorena Ahiri Merlo are sisters. Bulox…