(January 31, 2018, 1:06 PM EST) -- PHOENIX — An Arizona federal judge overseeing the C.R. Bard Inc. inferior vena cava (IVC) filter multidistrict litigation on Jan. 29 denied a plaintiff motion to preclude evidence about the devices’ 510(k) clearance in an upcoming bellwether trial, but said he will put the evidence in context and will not allow it to be used as evidence that the devices are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (In Re: Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2641, No. 15-2641, Sherr-Una Booker v. C.R. Bard, Inc., et al., No. 16-474, D. Ariz., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13650)....