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Increasing Number of Complaints on Hip Implants

Posted by William D Davis on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, In : Health 
Complaints on hip implants continue piling up at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with 5,000 of them added this year alone. Some 75 percent of those claims involved the hip replacement systems of DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Several of those lawsuits have been consolidated into a multidistrict litigation (MDL), making it easier for initiating a hip replacement case. Due to the growing evidence against them, the British Hip Society has called for an in...

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Senators propose bill concerning unsafe medical products

Posted by William D Davis on Monday, February 13, 2012, In : Health 
Reaching out to fellow Republicans and seeking bipartisan support, US Democrats aim to block of medical devices with safety issues, Bloomberg reports. They mentioned injuries from flawed medical products, including those manufactured and distributed by Johnson & Johnson.
 
In a statement released by the Democrats led by Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts, he explained that the bill introduced would close a loophole that lets devices win approval on the basis of their similarityt to a...

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Metal Poisoning and Its Symptoms May Be Experienced By DePuy Recall Patients

Posted by William D Davis on Thursday, January 27, 2011, In : Health 
The ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System are orthopedic hip replacement devices manufactured by DePuy and both were recalled from the worldwide market in August of 2010. It was discovered by a foreign joint registry that these implants inherently have flaws that contributed to its high failure rate. Components from the hip replacements rub together that cause metal ions such as cobalt and chromium to get scraped off and be absorbed by the body into the bloodstream. Some DeP...
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Settling With DePuy: Reimbursement or Hip Recall Lawsuits?

Posted by William D Davis on Thursday, December 23, 2010, In : Law 
DePuy Orthopaedics has manufactured their own patented brands of metal-on-metal hip implants, the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, both of which have been deemed as defective and harmful for human use—at least most of them. Just this year, the controversial company announced a product recall on these hip implants as a response to the angry complaints of the recipients. Above all, DePuy is also willing to provide reimbursements to those who were affected.

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Rehab After Revision Surgery More Difficult Than the First

Posted by William D Davis on Friday, December 3, 2010, In : Law 
Surgeries, being invasive procedures, have accompanying risks that are most likely to occur during the post-operative phase, when the patient is most vulnerable. Orthopedic surgeries are no exception, even if no internal organs are harmed. Hip replacements are commonly performed procedures, and the functionality of hip prosthetic devices implanted into the joints determines how a patient will react in the coming days.

The ideal duration for hip replacement patients to undertake rehabilitation ...

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