Firm files lawsuits for women injured by Mentor Obtape vaginal sling

Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. has filed multiple lawsuits on behalf of women injured by the Mentor Obtape vaginal sling. All of the plaintiffs in these lawsuits are women who were implanted with Mentor’s “ObTape” brand trans-obturator vaginal sling, marketed to urologists and gynecologists to cure female urinary stress incontinence. The firm presently represents more victims of the Mentor Obtape sling in litigation than any other law firm in the country, with twenty-two plaintiffs in Georgia, and nine in Florida.

Impact

Female urinary stress incontinence occurs when the pelvic muscles which support the bladder and urethra are weakened, resulting in loss of bladder control. Based on U.S. census data, this condition is estimated to affect as many as 420,000 women in Georgia and 14 million women across the nation.

The lawsuits filed by Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. allege that the Mentor ObTape’s construction was defective and that it pushed into and through the vaginal wall causing tearing and cutting, and finally, severe erosion of the vaginal tissues. Symptoms associated with this erosion began manifesting months after the device was surgically implanted and included severe and chronic pain and infection.

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Contact Tammy Tiller at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. (Phone: (706) 354-4000; Fax: (706) 549-3545; E-mail: tdt@bbgbalaw.com)