Essure is a type of permanent birth control that consists of two flexible coils that are inserted into the fallopian tubes through the vagina and cervix. After insertion by a physician ...

The prototype of Essure had a ribbonlike steel outer coil soldered to a tightly wound ... Mekhi quickly caught up in size to his older brothers — today they’re often mistaken for triplets ...

One day during her shift at the nursing home where she worked, a clot the size of a baseball ... "That's normal." Essure was designed to work by inserting a two-centimetre coil into each fallopian ...

“I had the Essure coils put in and immediately my body rejected the procedure,” she said. “My leg started to tremor and I threw up a couple of times.” Within a few months, she started ...

Scar tissue then forms around the coils and blocks the tubes from insemination, according to marketing literature provided by the manufacturer. Brockovich is calling for Essure to be taken off of ...

Women left with horrific symptoms and 'constant pain' after having the Essure contraceptive coil fitted have revealed what they experienced as they prepare to take legal action against its ...

Tanya Davidson from Bendigo, Victoria, was told she was imagining things when she experienced agonising symptoms shortly after having getting the Essure coil. She's one of a group of women who ...

Lawyers said thousands of women around the world have the Essure coil device and said many have gone on to endure “adverse” repercussions. The German Pharma firm Bayer, which manufactures the ...

The woman leading Australia’s contraceptive coil class action was likely suffering from a painful condition of the uterus and not the debilitating side effects of the Essure procedure ...

The Essure device - a small metal coil - was inserted into the fallopian tubes to permanently prevent pregnancies, designed as a simple path to sterilisation. It was reportedly promoted as an easy ...

Tracy Hillier of Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L., says what was promised to be a quick and simple procedure meant to provide permanent birth control left her with near immediate effects. “It literally ...