Ventralex Hernia Patch News Today

C.R. Bard Inc. gave closing arguments on Tuesday in a patient's trial over allegedly crumpling hernia mesh, telling a Rhode Island jury the man's lawyers repeatedly "broke promises" made in openings to prove that the plastic was not medical grade and much more.

A Rhode Island jury heard a blistering critique of medical device marker C.R. Bard on Thursday in openings for a surgical mesh trial, where lawyers for a hernia patient said the company quietly built the device with plastic that wasn't to be used in humans.