Pearland medical device attorneys present some important research results regarding AED (automated external defibrillator) medical devices that you should know. The authors of an Arizona Emergency Medical Research Center study used the federal FDA MAUDE (Manufacturer and User Device Experience) database to trace the incidence of power-failure related fatalities from use of AED medical devices. The authors studied the data from 1993 to 2008. They found 1,150 failures among the 40,787 reports of AED failures that represented fatalities. Reports involving injury, but no fatality, weren’t included in the study.
Our Pearland medical device attorneys find that the research study indicates a clear conclusion. AED medical devices aren’t always as reliable as we’d like to believe. Like any pieces of complex technology, AED medical devices are subject to power failures, self-diagnostic system failures, inexplicable behavior, and all sorts of AED failures. AED medical devices should save lives. But sometimes AEDs take lives.
If you or a loved one has been injured by an AED failure, contact our experienced Pearland medical device attorneys for a free consultation about your AED medical device case. We could examine the details of the AED failure incident with you, and provide the knowledgeable legal counsel you require to reach a decision about your course of action after the AED failure. You might be eligible for substantial financial compensation because of the harm you suffered from an AED failure.
Our Pearland medical device attorneys are backed by a 12-year track record of winning complex medical device injury lawsuits for injured and bereaved clients. Our knowledge and skill could help you win your case too.