Sufferers of defective shoulder pain pump agony in Hawaii and elsewhere in the United States have a legal option through a shoulder pain pump lawsuit versus the manufacturers which are to blame for their suffering. To this date, such shoulder pain pump litigation actions have been aimed at I-Flow Corp. and Stryker Corp., which create the devices, along with the makers of the anesthetics bupivacaine and epinephrine used in the devices. Patients injured by a shoulder pain pump avow that these manufacturers were remiss in making sufficient safety studies, and moreover did not warn physicians as to the danger of using a shoulder pain pump incorrectly.

Individuals in Hawaii and throughout this country are being hurt by defective shoulder pain pump devices due to the fact that some manufacturers of such medical devices have inappropriately advised doctors on how to use the device. If a shoulder pain pump catheter is inserted directly into the shoulder joint upon arthroscopic shoulder surgery, the device can lead to an excruciating injury called postarthroscopic glenhumeral chondrolysis, or PAGCL. Such a condition produces deteriorated cartilage and creates severe pain in the sufferer.

In a best-case scenario, a shoulder pain pump should decrease pain subsequent to arthroscopic shoulder surgery in Hawaii or in another state. Such medical devices are produced as a way to provide intermittent doses of medication to an injured shoulder after surgery. However some shoulder pain pumps are deficient or are engaged in a hurtful way. These shoulder pain pump devices can produce agonizing pain in the sufferer.

Rather than assisting a shoulder surgery patient in Hawaii or in another state, some shoulder pain pumps ostensibly made to render aid instead inflict severe suffering because of irreversible cartilage destruction. Sufferers then are beset by excruciating agony and frequently are incapable of sitting or standing without pain. These sufferers should be compensated monetarily for their medical costs, for lost salary from missed days of employment and for their suffering and pain. These sufferers' debilitating pain must be overcome, and the monetary means for doing so may necessitate engaging a knowledgeable Hawaii shoulder pain pump attorney.

DISCLAIMER: Jim S. Adler & Associates is not licensed in Hawaii. However, the law firm works with outside attorneys and local lawyers to litigate claims for Hawaii as needed.