PowerPort Venous Catheter Lawsuit

Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against Bard by people who were injured by a PowerPort Venous Catheter.

What You Can Do & How We Can Help

The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting PowerPort Venous Catheter induced injury cases in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know was injured by an intravenous catheter, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Defective Medical Device Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.

What is a Venous Catheter?

A central venous catheter, also known as a “central line,” is a long flexible tube that is inserted into a large vein to give repeated medical treatments, medications, fluids, or draw blood.

Peripheral IVs are used for short-term treatments and go into the patient’s hand or arm. Central lines enter a large vein in the chest, neck, arm, or groin, and they can be used much longer than an IV.

One of the most common types of central lines is a PICC Line Catheter, which can be left in place for up to 18 months. They may be used to deliver chemotherapy medications, long-term IV medications (such as antibiotics or anti-fungals) and repeated blood transfusions or blood samples.

What Are Implanted Venous Catheters?

Some patients are implanted with a subcutaneous (implanted) port, such as the Bard PowerPort or a Port-A-Cath, which can provide access for at least 3 months.

This type of port is surgically implanted completely under the skin, where it is attached to a catheter that connects the port to a large vein deep inside the body. The hub (catheter access point) is very close to the surface of the skin. Healthcare professionals can use a needle to puncture the patient’s skin and access the port.

Hundreds of Bard PowerPort Lawsuits Filed Nationwide

Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by people who were injured by the Bard PowerPort Venous Catheter. As of May 2024, there were at least 223 lawsuits pending in a federal Multi-District Litigation (MDL).

What is the Bard PowerPort MDL?

Federal judges created the Bard PowerPort Lawsuits Multi-District Litigation (MDL) No. 3081 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, where they are overseen by the Honorable David G. Campbell, for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.

The case is In RE: Bard Implanted Port Catheter Products Liability Litigation.

What is the Problem?

According to federal judges, Bard PowerPort Lawsuits claim that “defendants manufacture the catheter component of their port devices with a concentration of barium sulfate that is too high, which reduces the material integrity of the catheter, and can lead to injuries, including infection, fracture of the catheter, migration of the catheter, and thrombosis.”

What Do Lawsuits Allege?

Bard PowerPort lawsuits share common issues of fact regarding:

• whether the design of Bard’s port catheters involves a concentration of barium sulfate that reduces the material integrity of the catheters and
  can cause injury
• whether defendants adequately tested the devices
• whether defendants adequately monitored and reported adverse events relating to product failures

Do I have a PowerPort Venous Catheter Lawsuit?

The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting PowerPort Venous Catheter induced injury cases in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know was injured by an intravenous catheter, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Defective Medical Device Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.

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