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Medtronic, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. Sued for Product Liability and Promoting the Off-Label Use of Infuse(R) Bone Graft Product, According to Page Perry, LLC

Published in MD Week, January 30th, 2009

A patient who allegedly was seriously injured by Medtronic, Inc.'s Infuse(R) Bone Graft implant in an off-label surgical procedure promoted by Medtronic has sued the company, according to James A. Dunlap Jr. & Associates LLC and Page Perry, LLC.

The firms, along with co-counsel Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, filed suit in New York federal court on behalf of Paul and Susan Antonelli, of Amsterdam, N.Y. The suit alleges that Mr. Antonelli was injured during a failed January 2006 procedure at a New York hospital to fuse vertebrae in his spine.

"The Antonelli family has suffered tremendously, and Mr. Antonelli remains in agonizing pain," said...

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