When you got fitted with your Boston Scientific pacemaker, you were assured that you would finally get some peace of mind and that you could now live a happy and stress-free life without feeling as if your heart would fail at any moment. The marketing brochures and ads showed smiling families and individuals engaged in shopping, hiking and family outings, all the while their pacemakers were humming in the background. However, what these marketing materials did not show is that these patients would later go on to spend sleepless nights, terrified of what would happen to them at any given time, thinking that every skipped beat would essentially be a race to the bottom, obsessively living in raw fear that a device they had come to trust implicitly because their doctor told them to, would fail suddenly and without warning.
This is the primal fear that has gripped thousand after a recall notice was issued after the FDA opened investigations into over 2,500 severe injuries as well as four deaths linked to the battery cathode defect discovered in the Boston Scientific’s ACCOLADE pacemakers. The issue lies with the device automatically entering into Safety Mode due to the battery defect, which then reintroduces the arrhythmia that it was designed to mitigate in the first place. While the physical trauma of having to undergo revision surgery so the battery can be fixed or place, it pales in comparison to the psychological trauma of living your life each day as if it were the last due to said battery issue in the Boston Scientific ACCOLADE pacemakers. By law, the emotional distress and mental suffering are compensable damages, together with the damages associated with the revision surgery and rehabilitation; read on to find out how the emotional suffering can be quantified via a timely legal claim we can help you file.
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Psychological Trauma Associated With Boston Scientific Pacemaker Failure
The trauma associated with the failure of a pacemaker doesn’t begin when it enters Safety Mode – it begins when you receive the recall letter, and read “battery cathode defect”. Once you realize that you’re literally living with a ticking time bomb in your chest, you experience a cascade of unmanageable emotions such as terror, panic, despair, anxiety, depression and so much more.
Let’s take a deep dive into these psychological conditions while showing why they are compensable under a product liability action:
- Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent conditions associated with device failure, and patients often report that they get persistently worried about heart rhythm, leading to them checking their remote monitoring devices constantly, resulting in detrimental hypervigilance. In fact, this same anxiety becomes a self-reinforcing loop, leading to incapacitating and the need to medicate the anxiety disorder.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is a documented downstream condition in patients that had to undergo emergency revision surgeries or had to be hospitalized with cardiac symptoms caused by the device malfunctioning. PTSD symptoms include intrusive thoughts about the event, avoidance of medical settings, emotional numbness and being easily emotionally triggers. These symptoms can persist for years after the initial trauma, negatively impacting your quality of life.
- Depression is also associated with device failure, especially for patients who lose the confidence in their body’s ability to function without technological support. Knowing that a device you trusted with literally your life to manage a deadly condition has been recalled may lead to feelings of helplessness, vulnerability and a sense of betrayal that oozes into every facet of your life.
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On top of filing a product liability claim, we can design a separate claim where we can demand that Boston Scientific pay you considerable amount for damages sustained as a result of the psychological fallout of their pacemaker device. If you or a loved one experienced complications as a result of Boston ACCOLADE pacemaker failure, you may be able to recover damages for your medical expenses, lost wages, physical pain, emotional distress and so much more. McCready Law is actively preparing product liability claims against Boston Scientific, but the window is closing fast. Need to get started on your claim? Please call us NOW at (314) 481-63338 so we can perform an in-depth assessment of your case and advise further. Remember, the call is 100% FREE, and there is no legal obligation. Thanks for choosing us, and we look forward to helping you.