Month: April 2012

St. Louis County Child Hit By Vehicle in Driveway Dies

Two year old Aaliyah Jones was in a neighbor’s driveway in north St.Louis County when a vehicle being driven by a neighbor was backing out of the driveway and did not see the child.  The child was taken to St. Louis Children’s Hospital and was pronounced dead a couple of hours later. According to a […]

Written by on April 9, 2012

Recall: HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS)

Thoratec Corportion is recalling its HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist System (HM II LVAS) due to a defect which could cause serious complications for heart patients. The FDA is notifying health care professionals of a Class 1 Recall due to detachment of the bend relief from its intended position around the proximal outflow graft may […]

Written by on April 5, 2012

Bungee Strap Injury – Loss of Eye

The risk of a recoiling bungee cord/strap presents serious dangers to unsuspecting users.  Unfortunately these product dangers are known to the manufacturers and not properly passed along to its customers. It is not uncommon for a recoiling cord to strike its user in the face or on another part of the body when one end […]

Written by on April 2, 2012