Biomet Faces New Lawsuit over Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant
Biomet is facing a new lawsuit alleging that its metal-on-metal hip implant is to blame for a New York woman’s injuries. The plaintiff is a 61-year-old woman who was implanted with the Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Replacement System in her right hip six years ago. As the name implies, the implant is a metal-on-metal hip device where all … [Read more...]
Increased Mortality of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
Study Found Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants For Total Hip Arthroplasty Associated with Increased Mortality. A study published in PLOS One found that at ten year follow up or longer, use of metal-on-metal implants for total hip arthroplasty was associated with increased mortality. Metal-on-metal hip replacements have been under … [Read more...]
Metals from Mother’s Hip Implant can be Passed on to Her Baby
In three babies born to mothers with metal-on-metal hip implants, doctors have found high chromium and cobalt in the infant’s umbilical cord blood. The metals had been produced by hip implant parts rubbing together during normal movement. The doctors saw an association between levels of cobalt and chromium — components of metal … [Read more...]
Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Release Metal Ions
Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants May Cause Problems. The Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has issued its final opinion on the safety of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants. In a report issued October 9th, SCENIHR concluded that all types of metal-on-metal hip implants release metal debris, such as … [Read more...]
Patients Largely Unaware of Metal-on-Metal Implant Dangers
Metal-on-Metal Implant Dangers. Despite its global recall in 2010, many patients remain unaware of the alleged dangers associated with the ASR metal-on-metal hip implant device manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, a unit of the global health care giant, Johnson & Johnson. In fact, less than 10 percent of some 4,500 patients in … [Read more...]
Zimmer estimates $388M in Durom hip implant legal costs
Zimmer Holdings announced recently that it expects to pay about $388 million in legal costs associated with its Durom metal-on-metal hip implant. According to a report from MassDevice.com, the medical device firm said it has paid $98 million to settle injury claims related to the device it has already recalled once and still … [Read more...]
Bogus metal-on-metal hip implant approved for use in Europe
Companies charged with approving new medical devices in the European Union have unknowingly given their stamp of approval to a fake new metal-on-metal hip implant. In an undercover investigation conducted by the British Medical Journal in conjunction with the U.K. news source The Telegraph, several companies hired to approve new … [Read more...]
Metal-on-metal hip implant problems faced overseas, too
As is the case in the U.S., tens of thousands of recipients of metal-on-metal hip implants in the U.K. are experiencing the same painful and costly defects that have plagued the devices on the whole. In a recent report from The Telegraph (U.K.), more than 60,000 Britons and others have been implanted with a likely faulty … [Read more...]
Ireland woman the first there to have defective DePuy hip implant case heard
An Ireland woman is the first in her country to file a lawsuit against the makers of the defective and recalled DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant. According to a report from Independent.ie, the Irish national news service, Irene Pierson was the first to have her case against DePuy Orthopaedics International heard before the … [Read more...]
Metal hip surfacing recipients face high risk of early failures
A new study urges women and some men to avoid opting for an alternative to a hip replacement procedure, known as metal-on-metal hip resurfacing. According to a New York Times report on research gleaned from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales found that hip resurfacing in younger women and men with a smaller stature … [Read more...]
Smith & Nephew Issues Safety Alert for Birmingham Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Components
Smith & Nephew has issued a safety alert for its Birmingham Hip Modular Head implant components. According to a report from MassDevice.com, Smith & Nephew issued the Birmingham Modular Head implant warning after data from two overseas device tracking databases since 2010 indicated the metal-on-metal hip replacement … [Read more...]
Oklahoma Woman Latest to Head to Court Over Alleged DePuy ASR Hip Implant Injuries
Lawsuits filed by alleged victims of DePuy Orthopaedics' recalled ASR hip replacement devices continue to pile up in the multidistrict litigation currently underway in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Most recently, a woman from Pryor, Oklahoma, filed suit alleging complications caused by a DePuy ASR hip implant … [Read more...]
U.K. Regulators Issue Additional Guidance for Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Recipients
Regulators in the U.K. are once again issuing advice to doctors and other healthcare professionals involved in the follow-up of patients with metal-on-metal hip replacement devices. In an alert issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), guidance is provided for four groups of metal-on-metal hip implant … [Read more...]
Canadians Report Problems With Metal-On-Metal Hip Implants
Canada is the latest country whose residents are reporting problems with their metal-on-metal hip implant devices. The problem has become so widespread that in Great Britain, experts are telling physicians to stop using the controversial all-metal devices, said CTV News. Eric Mets, 52, of Etobicoke, Ontario, received his all-metal … [Read more...]
FDA Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Advisory Meeting Could Lead to Stricter Regulation, Boost Plaintiffs’ Lawsuit Claims
Last month's announcement by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that it would convene a panel of outside medical experts to evaluate the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants may signal that the agency is preparing to subject the controversial devices to stricter regulation. According to a report from Reuters, the FDA … [Read more...]
DePuy ASR Hip Implant Lawsuit Filed by Connecticut Woman
The first Connecticut lawsuit against the maker of the recalled, defective DePuy ASR hip implant has been filed. Patricia Sorrentino-Galello underwent a second hip replacement just three years after her original surgery at Milford Hospital, the CT Post reports. Revision surgeries are painful and more complex than original … [Read more...]
FDA Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Website Details Risks
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has set up a website for metal-on-metal hip implants, which among other things, details the potential risks posed by these devices. The new website comes months after DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a worldwide recall of two ASR hip implants, which were … [Read more...]
First DePuy ASR Hip Implant Lawsuit Hearing Convened
The first hearing for federal DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuits was held earlier this week. The status conference was convened to determine which defective medical device lawyers would serve on the plaintiffs' steering committee for the DePuy hip implant multidistrict litigation. Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit issued … [Read more...]
