Cartiva implant lawsuits
are gradually making their way to courts.
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are gradually making their way to courts.
The Cartiva hydrogel implant shrinks and caves into the bone causing pain and discomfort.
in 2015.
It was later acquired by Wright Medicals and then by Stryker. Thus, all the three manufacturers came into the frame of lawsuits.
Cartiva implant got FDA’s 510(K) premarket approval in 2016.
The approval was given based on the clinical studies stating that only 13.5% chances of failure.