The device at the center of the second pelvic-mesh trial in Philadelphia was the “worldwide gold standard” in treating the stress-related incontinence that the plaintiff had suffered, an attorney defending its design told jurors during her opening statement Monday.
Attorney Laura Hensley Smith, who made the opening statement for Ethicon, the defendant in Carlino v. Ethicon, denied allegations that the pelvic mesh device implanted in Sharon Carlino was defectively designed, and told the jurors the company is proud of the fact that the device was the first mesh “sling” aimed at treating stress-related incontinence.
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