Kugel Patch Hernia Mesh | Complications | 合法醫療器材資訊網

WhatIstheKugelHerniaPatch?...KugelPatchesweredouble-layerpolypropyleneherniameshes.Polypropyleneisatypeofplastic.Manymanufacturersmake ...

The Kugel Patch was a line of hernia mesh[1] products Bard Davol manufactured starting in the 1990s. Bard received reports that the Kugel Patch was failing as early as 2002. The failure rate appeared higher than normal. But the company waited almost three years before recalling its mesh[2].

Bard finally recalled more than 137,000 of the devices between 2005 and 2007. A defective part in some of the meshes could break and puncture internal organs or other tissue.

More than 3,000 people sued over Kugel Patch injuries. Bard paid more than $180 million to settle the Kugel Patch lawsuits in 2011.

A 2018 search showed that Bard[3] no longer lists the Kugel Hernia Patch in its products catalog.

Kugel Patches were double-layer polypropylene hernia meshes[4]. Pol...