Failed Implant

[evndocsuffer]

After enjoying ten years of service from an AMS device, I finally wore it out. Needless to say my wife and I opted for another. I had surgery on September 2, 2016, a 700 CX AMS, and after twenty months, it failed. Today I am in the process of negotiating with AMS for a replacement. Quite frankly, it is a pain in the backside dealing with them. Additionally, finding a Urologist who is willing to go through the headache of getting a replacement from AMS has been taxing. I had the device implanted at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle - had to pay cash for the procedure - and have little chance of getting them to cooperate with another surgery. If one does have a failed device, forget trying to bring a lawsuit against the manufacturer. Not one attorney will take on either AMS or Coloplast due to a past court ruling concerning penile implants. Conclusion? I'm going to Delhi and having a new device - 700 AMS LGX - implanted. I plan on sending the explant to AMS with a nasty note.

[Larry10625]

After enjoying ten years of service from an AMS device, I finally wore it out. Needless to say my wife and I opted for another. I had surgery on September 2, 2016, a 700 CX AMS, and after twenty months, it failed. Today I am in the process of negotiating with AMS for a replacement. Quite frankly, it is a pain in the backside dealing with them. Additionally, finding a Urologist who is willing to go through the headache of getting a replacement from AMS has been taxing. I had the device implanted at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle - had to pay cash for the procedure - and have little chance of getting them to cooperate with another surgery. If one does have a failed device, forget trying to bring a lawsuit against the manufacturer. Not one attorney will take on either AMS or Coloplast due to a past court ruling concerning penile implants. Conclusion? I'm going to Delhi and having a new device - 700 AMS LGX - implanted. I plan on sending the explant to AMS with a nasty note.

That really sucks.. Sorry for your luck. What have been the past court rulings?

Larry

[alibaba]

I hate to say it, but you are not the first I heard this. I have heard from several people who told me their insurance paid for the failed implant and also the replacement. I only know of one person the company provided credit for the replacement. Sorry you have to deal with this. I spent considerable time before and after I got my AMS trying to get a copy of their warranty. Never got one. Same thing with Coloplast. At this point, I doubt there is one. I have asked doctors, called the companies. No luck. Doctors just gave me a brochure that was basically advertising and advertising cannot imply a warranty due to a court ruling we studied when I was in business law that calls it "sales hype" . I have heard they have an issue with tubing and fabric they are buying from China but have no way of checking to see if it is true.

[evndocsuffer]

Thank you gentlemen. Here is a rather lengthy summary of the courts findings.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1027527.html