Rapoport Weisberg & Sims P.C. filed a product liability lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against a medical device company on behalf of a 40-year-old woman who suffered severe withdrawal injuries and lost a pregnancy as a result of a defective SynchroMed II System drug pump. According to the lawsuit, the defendant violated federal safety statutes and regulations by manufacturing the drug pump in deviation from specifications approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and by introducing or delivering for introduction the adulterated drug pump into interstate commerce for profit.