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The Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm is investigating serious and catastrophic injuries associated with the Cook Celect and Gunther line of vena cava filters.

Cook Medical manufactures the Celect Vena Cava Filter. It was approved in 2008 under the FDA 510(k) approval process. This process is a short cut to getting approval for medical devices.

Manufacturers of new devices do not have to present new safety studies so long as the device is similar to another device on the market.

Cook introduced the Celect as an improved version of the Günther Tulip IVC filter, which was approved in the 1990s.

The filters are designed to reduce the risk of pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung) following a deep vein thrombosis or blood clot in the legs. The filters are implanted into the major vein in the body, the Inferior Vena Cava or IVC.

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