Ennis & Ennis, P.A. Metal on Metal Hip Implant Lawsuit News Archive

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Patients forced into repeat surgery over faulty hip implants
- Stock & Land
05/17/2012 - MORE than 1000 patients have had to undergo repeat hip implant surgery as new figures show a dramatic rise in the failure rate of once-popular implants. The federal government has announced a crackdown on suspect joint prostheses as latest results from a national orthopaedic registry reveal a cumulative failure rate for two related products of 25 per cent over seven years - about five times higher than average.
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J&J Hip Patients Will Take ‘Bellwether’ Lawsuits to Trial
- Bloomberg
05/03/2012 - Recipients of Johnson & Johnson hip implants recalled by the company will start going to trial later this year to help determine liability and damages in more than 6,000 lawsuits, lawyers said yesterday.
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Australian Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against DePuy
- Top News
04/30/2012 - There has been a huge outcry against Johnson & Johnson over its defective DePuy hip implants. Now, an Australian class action lawsuit has been filed against the parent company, after over 1,000 patients have been reported to have suffered from its use. The lawsuit seeks compensation for personal injury, pain, suffering, and monetary damages.
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FDA Seeks Expert Advice Regarding Risks of Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements:
FDA Convening to Discuss Metal Hip Risks Explains Ennis & Ennis, P.A.
- Ennis & Ennis
04/11/2012 - Ennis & Ennis, P.A. reports today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking expert scientific and clinical advise on the risks and benefits of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip systems. The FDA also seeks input from practitioners and patients on the use of MoM hips systems and the management of patients with these devices during a two day expert panel meeting which will be held on June 27-28, 2012.
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Metal Hip Implants: FDA Wants Expert Advice
- Reuters
04/10/2012 - On June 27-28, the Food and Drug Administration will be asking an advisory panel of experts to take a closer look at metal-on-metal hip implants, according to a news release. Though the FDA metal hip implant investigation is nothing new, it signals that the agency may be ready to subject the devices to stricter scrutiny.
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U.K. Agency Urges Ban on Metal Hip Implant Combination
- Bloomberg
04/04/2012 - Surgeons should stop using a particular combination of Johnson & Johnson and Stryker Corp. metal hip devices because of “unacceptably high” rates of follow-up operations, British regulators said.
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European Agency Advises Physicians to Stop Using Certain Metal Hip Implants
- Ennis & Ennis
04/03/2012 - The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) advised physicians to stop using the Finsbury Orthopedics’ Mitch TRH cup/heads in combination with Stryker Orthopedics’ Accolade femoral stems. Advisers noted that the particular metal-on-metal hip combination had an unacceptably high revision rate of approximately 10.7% after four years of implantation according to information obtained from England and Wales National Joint Registry (NJR).
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Johnson & Johnson Chose Inventory Selloff Over Patient Safety
- Ennis & Ennis
04/02/2012 - Mere weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied approval for the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System in 2009, Johnson & Johnson decided to “phase out” and “sell off” all remaining inventory of the problematic devices. This is despite the fact the FDA advised the company that blood tests of various patients who received the all-metal hip showed a “high concentration of metal ions” that it found “concerning,” according to a recent New York Times report.
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F.D.A. Plans a New Review of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
- Reuters
03/30/2012 - The Food and Drug Administration responded to mounting concerns about the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants on Thursday, saying it would subject the devices to a two-day expert review that could lead to new standards.
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FDA to discuss risks and benefits of metal-on-metal hip replacements
Expert, patient recommendations being sought
- FDA
03/29/2012 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it is seeking expert scientific and clinical advice on the risks and benefits of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip systems as well as potential patient and practitioner recommendations on the use of MoM hip systems and the management of patients implanted with such devices.
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Company Started Phasing Out Faulty Hip Implant Year Before Recall
- ABC News
03/27/2012 - The makers of a faulty hip implant recalled in 2010 started phasing out the device in 2009, weeks after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked for safety data, the New York Times reported, although the manufacturer said the two events were unrelated.
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Hip Device Phaseout Followed F.D.A. Data Request
- The New York Times
03/23/2012 - Johnson & Johnson executives decided in 2009 to phase out a hip implant and sell off its inventories for use in patients just weeks after the Food and Drug Administration asked the company in a letter for added safety data about the implant, administration documents and corporate records show.
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Failure rates of stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements: analysis of data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales
- The Lancet
03/16/2012 - Background: Total hip replacement (THR) is extremely common. Some prostheses fail, particularly in younger patients, and need to be revised, most commonly for loosening secondary to wear or dislocation. Surgeons have tried to address these problems by implanting large diameter metal-on-metal bearing surfaces. Our aim was to assess if metal-on-metal bearing surfaces lead to increased implant survival compared with other bearing surfaces in stemmed THR and, additionally, if larger head sizes result in improved implant survival.
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Metal Hip Replacements Fail Often, Says Study: 500,000 in US at Risk
- Christian Post
03/15/2012 - New research has revealed that metal-on-metal hip replacements have a high failure rate, prompting some to recommend that doctors discontinue their use. According to the research, hip replacement surgery is a common operation. However, researchers have pointed out that not all replacements are as effective as others. The most common complication with hip replacement devices occurs when the device becomes loose, other complications include wear and dislocation.
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Ban Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements, U.K. Researchers Assert
- U.S. News
03/14/2012 - There is "unequivocal evidence" that stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements fail at much higher rates than other types of hip implants and should therefore be banned, researchers say.
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Experts Recommend a Ban on Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements
- Ennis & Ennis
03/13/2012 - New research published in The Lancet’s medical journal has prompted experts to call for a metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant ban after they found “unequivocal evidence” of high failure rates.
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Study prompts call for wider ban on metal hips
- Reuters
03/13/2012 - New research confirmed that all-metal artificial hips fail more often than other types, fuelling concerns about the devices and prompting a call from researchers on Tuesday for a ban. The analysis in The Lancet medical journal came two weeks after Britain's medical regulator said nearly 50,000 Britons with metal-on-metal hips needed annual check-ups to monitor for problems, including exposure to toxic metals.
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Artificial hip brings only pain
- The Star Tribune
03/12/2012 - Terri Wagner-Morley was so hopeful about her new right hip.
It would ease her chronic arthritis pain, allow her to exercise, even help her lose a little weight. She had a DePuy metal-on-metal ASR hip implanted in 2008 and, at first, it worked just like she'd hoped.
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Hundreds face hip toxins scare
- The Star
03/06/2012 - HUNDREDS of patients with hip replacements across Sheffield could be living with a health timebomb following a warning potentially-toxic metals could be leaking into their bodies. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the Governmental agency responsible for safety standards, has issued an alert to surgeons about a type of hip joint and told them to contact all affected patients.
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Hip implant patients face yearly reviews
- Irish Health
03/05/2012 - Irish patients with a particular type of 'metal-on-metal' artificial hip replacement will need annual medical checks to ensure that their metal implant is not causing serious health complications.
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Make No Bones About It, Metal Hips Are Unsafe
- Ennis & Ennis
03/02/2012 - Poorly regulated and potentially dangerous metal hip implants may have exposed hundreds of thousands of patients to toxic substances, reveals a British Medical Journal (BMJ)/ BBC Newsnight investigation. According to this investigation, the failure rates of resurfacing in women and of metal-on-metal total hip replacements in both sexes are higher than they should be.
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Report Slams Response to Metal Hip Troubles
- MedPage Today
02/29/2012 - Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic were slow to inform patients and their doctors about problems with metal-on-metal hip implants and relied on industry officials and consultants in crafting their responses, the BMJ charged.
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UK calls for life-long checks on metal hip implants
- Bloomberg
02/28/2012 - Nearly 50,000 British patients with all-metal artificial hips will need annual tests for the life of their implants to monitor for problems, including exposure to toxic metals, Britain's medical regulator said on Tuesday.
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Hip Devices May Be Bigger Concern Than Breast Implants, BMJ Says
- Bloomberg
02/28/2012 - Failing metal-on-metal hip replacements made by manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) may harm more people than leaking breast implants made in France, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal and the British Broadcasting Corp.
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J&J hip recall: Internal emails detail FDA's non-approvable letter
- Mass Device
02/23/2012 - A newly uncovered Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) email may pose problems for the health care giant in the ongoing lawsuits over defunct hip implants made by subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics. DePuy has insisted that the recalled ASR metal-on-metal hip resurfacing implants had failed due to improper positioning during surgery, but those arguments may lose some of their luster in light of an internal email from 2009 in which a company employee notes "a significant number of revisions" associated with the device in clinical trials.
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Hip Maker Discussed Failures
- The New York Times
02/22/2012 - A year before recalling an artificial hip, an executive at Johnson & Johnson reported in an internal e-mail that the Food and Drug Administration had refused to approve the device, after reviewing company studies that showed it had failed prematurely in “significant” numbers, requiring repeat surgeries for patients.
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Banned in US, sold in India
- Indian Express
02/20/2012 - A hip implant procedure that had been denied approval in the US continued to be sold in India till a year later, by the company’s own admission. The next year, a patient died and his son said it was because of the procedure called ASR (articular surface replacement), though the company behind ASR denies having given it to this patient.
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J&J Hip Implant the F.D.A. Rejected Was Marketed Abroad
- Pharmagossip
02/15/2012 - The health care products giant Johnson & Johnson continued to market an artificial hip in Europe and elsewhere overseas after the Food and Drug Administration rejected its sale in the United States based on a review of company safety studies.
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Toxic Metal on Metal Hip Replacements Increase Cancer Risk
- WKM
02/10/2012 - A little over a week ago, it emerged that 40,000 people could have received "metal on metal" hip replacements that cause toxicity in the blood. Now, fresh claims say the devices could increase the risk of cancer and genetic damage. According to the Daily Telegraph, research by the University of Bristol examining the effect of the replacements has found that cells in the bladders of over one in five patients were changed.
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Faulty hip implants may cause long-term health, joint damage
- USA Today
02/09/2012 -Faulty hip joints implanted in tens of thousands of Americans pose adverse health effects in some patients even after removal, according to new research. Doctors have known for several years that some hip devices, in which both the ball and cup are made of metal, were failing at faster rates than other hip implants. Research to be presented Wednesday, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Francisco, shows that debilitating problems from all-metal implants can persist for years.
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Metal on Metal Hip replacement patients could face increased risk of cancer
- The Telegraph
02/062012 - Early findings from a study on the effects of "metal-on-metal" devices suggest the implants could increase the risk of cancer and genetic damage. One patient who took part in the research, and was found to have abnormal cell changes to the bladder, said he was now desperate to have his implant removed because he feared for his long-term health.
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'Toxic' hip replacement fears
- Harbourough Mail
01/31/2012 - Today many newspapers and TV stations have reported that medical regulators have launched aninvestigation into a type of hip replacement called a “metal-on-metal” (MoM) device (DePuy ASR hip replacement implant). The concern is that as the hip replacements wear down, metal particles can be released from the artificial hip, react with the soft tissue (such as muscle and ligaments) surrounding the joint and enter the bloodstream.
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Poisonous hip implants 'putting thousands of British patients at risk' as medical watchdog launches investigation
- Mail Online
01/30/2012 - Hip replacements fitted in tens of thousands of patients are being investigated amid fears they may be poisoning them. Medical regulators are considering new evidence about ‘metal on metal’ implants disintegrating, destroying muscle tissue and leaking metal into the bloodstream. It comes as surgeons say that implants which have now been recalled have a failure rate of nearly 50 per cent after six years.
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Hip implant recall affects 600 Danes
- The Copenhagen Post
01/30/2012 - Some 600 Danish hip patients were the unlucky recipients of hip replacement prostheses that have since been proven dangerous and recalled by their manufacturer. Some of those patients are still in the dark about the danger.
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J&J hit with recall charges, 2012 view lags
- Reuters
01/24/2012 - The company's DePuy Orthopedics unit in 2010 issued a massive recall of its "metal-on-metal" hip-replacement devices after they shed metal fragments, causing disabling injuries. "J&J is getting ready to offer some settlements" with patients who received an estimated 93,000 of the artificial hips, Morningstar analyst Damien Conover predicted. The fourth-quarter charges will allow money to be set aside for patients and lawyers involved in ongoing product liability litigation.
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FDA says Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy sold orthopaedic devices without approval
- APP
01/19/2012 - A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary sold more than a dozen types of orthopaedic devices without getting the necessary approval from regulators, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a warning letter released this week. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., based in Warsaw, Ind., also had a quality system that didn’t comply with all of the FDA’s requirements, according to the warning letter.
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More J&J execs deposed in DePuy lawsuit
- Mass Device
01/18/2012 - Several additional Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) executives were deposed for questioning in the ongoing lawsuits regarding subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics' ASR metal-on-metal implants. Set to take place in February and March, the new depositions may reveal more information about the controversial implants, implicated in patient injury lawsuits alleging that DePuy knowingly sold a defective product.
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Battle for justice over faulty hips
- Rouse Hill Times
01/09/2012 - WILLIAM Carr has had four hip replacements since 2005. As a result of two faulty hips he had implanted, the former laborer from Kellyville acquired high colbalt toxicity levels in his blood. Mr Carr is now among 250 claimants who stand to win up to $250,000 in a class action by compensation lawyers against the manufacturer.
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Sources of Debris in Artificial Hips
- New York Times
12/30/2011 - Data from orthopedic registries in England and Australia shows that standard all-metal replacement hips are failing at rates two to three times greater than ones made of metal and plastic. Metal wear is the principal culprit. But researchers say such wear can happen in differing ways that can contribute to the early failure of various hip models.
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The Cost of Healthcare Continues to Increase with Failing Hip Implants:
Ennis and Ennis, P.A. Explains the Drastic Costs Associated with Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
- Ennis & Ennis
12/29/2011 - Medical and legal experts estimate that failed metal-on-metal hip implants may cost taxpayers, insurers, employers and others billions of dollars, contributing to the soaring cost of healthcare according to a recent New York Times article. The drastically high rate of all-metal hip implant revisions is now the most widespread medical implant failure in decades. ‘This is not new information to me because for quite some time now, I have received a high volume of complaints from potential clients who are devastated because their metal-on-metal implant only lasted several years when they are supposed to last approximately 15 years,” reports attorney David Ennis of Ennis & Ennis, P.A.
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Patients, insurers feeling fallout of metal hip failures
- New York Times
12/28/2011 - The most widespread medical implant failure in decades - involving thousands of all-metal artificial hips that need to be replaced prematurely - has entered a new phase, the money one. Medical and legal experts estimate the hip failures could cost taxpayers, insurers, employers and others billions of dollars in coming years, contributing to the soaring cost of health care.
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New Models of Implants Not Better, Study Finds
- New York Times
12/28/2011 - A new study suggests that the recent technology for artificial hips and knees did not perform any better than older, less expensive designs. The study, which draws on data from Australia’s orthopedic registry, covered implants introduced from 2003 to 2007 and was published this week. The findings are significant for patients in the United States because many of the new designs, like so-called metal-on-metal hips, are widely used here. Those implants, which have both a ball and cup made of metal, are expected to fail prematurely in tens of thousands of patients rather than lasting 15 years or more as artificial joints are supposed to do.
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Patients, insurers feeling fallout of metal hip failures
- Forbes
12/28/2011 - If you have an all-metal hip replacement, you may be among the lucky ones who can walk. Or you may be worse off than you would have been without the allegedly flawed device. One thing’s for sure: Those flaws are going to cost Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) plenty in legal fees and possible settlement costs. How much? Maybe $5 billion.
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Women left in agony as 'resurfaced' hip joints fall to bits
- Daily Mail
12/13/2011 - Years as a top-class gymnast and keen skier had left Penny Brown with a painful and stiff right hip. The cartilage cushioning the joint had been worn away, leaving bone to rub against bone, causing pain and problems with mobility. Penny, then 43, wanted to avoid a major hip replacement, and her research suggested hip resurfacing, a new ‘half-way house’ procedure would be a good option.
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Have ASR hip implant? Cops want you
- DNA
12/07/2011 - The state FDA has registered a complaint with the Mumbai Police against DePuy, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson that manufactured ASR implant, which is used in hip replacement surgery. A year back, DePuy publicly recalled more than 93,000 articular surface replacement joints worldwide.
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New report highlights metal hip implant problems
- Reuters
11/30/2011 - Modern, all-metal hip implants appear no more effective than traditional implants and may be less safe, according to a new report, a finding that could hurt orthopedic companies that make the devices and accelerate lawsuits.
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DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Gets Nearly 20 Lawsuits Filed Daily
- EzineMark
11/28/2011 - Court documents reveal that in connection with the Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip systems, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. and its mother company Johnson & Johnson face nearly 20 lawsuits everyday. The number of cases filed has already surpassed 2,600 and more is expected with an estimated 37,000 patients in the United States having received the devices before a worldwide recall was issued in August of 2010. In other countries, Johnson & Johnson has reimbursed thousands of Australians in recall claims.
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Faulty hip implants: senate inquiry wants action on 'ticking time bomb'
- The Sydney Morning Herald
11/23/2011 - A senate committee has expressed shock at the ''intolerable and unacceptable'' suffering caused to hundreds of patients fitted with faulty hip implants and demanded urgent action from health authorities. The Senate community affairs references committee said many of the 5500 Australians who had received the DePuy ''metal-on-metal'' hip replacements subsequently needed one or more revision surgeries and also reported serious and systemic health problems extending beyond the initial complications caused by the device.
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All Metal Hip Implants and Brain Stents Referenced as Examples of Harms Created by Underregulation
Ennis & Ennis, P.A. Supports the House Democrat’s Position in Strengthening Medical Device FDA Regulations and Questions Whether Johnson & Johnson Will Have to Answer to Congressional Committee for DePuy Metal-on-Metal Hips
- Ennis & Ennis
10/14/2011 - Yesterday House Democrats from the Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Representative Henry Waxman of California, urged Republicans to hold hearings to examine certain medical devices, more specifically metal-on-metal hip implants like the depuy ASR and the DePuy Pinnacle, as well as brain stents, both of which have developed serious defects after being implanted in patients, and they cited underregulation as the cause.
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Hip Implants Targeted for Health-Device Probe by House Democrats
- Bloomberg
10/12/2011 - House Democrats asked Republican leaders to investigate the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants made by companies such as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and stents used to clear clogged brain arteries.
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Thousands of patients fitted with faulty hip replacements
- Brisbane Times
10/10/2011 - MORE than 2000 patients were fitted last year with artificial hips shown to have high failure rates, exposing them to at least double the risk of needing painful and costly repeat surgery. The latest figures on repeat joint surgery rates have been released as a Senate committee prepares to issue a critical report after delays in withdrawing the failure-prone DePuy hip prosthesis.
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'Poster lady' For DePuy Sues Over ASR Hip Implant
- UKPA
10/07/2011 - A former gymnast who was a "poster lady" for a hip resurfacing implant is taking legal action against its manufacturer after it left her in severe pain.
Penny Brown is joining a group action by more than 300 UK patients against DePuy - part of Johnson & Johnson - after doctors said she would need further surgery because the implant had worn prematurely.
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Asymptomatic Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Patients May Still Be Experiencing Tissue Damage
- Ennis & Ennis
10/03/2011 - According to The New York Times, the most recent breakthrough in metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacements indicates that patients may suffer permanent tissue damage and not experience the symptoms until it is too late.
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Hip replacements: a medical crisis unfolds
Tissue damage from all-metal artificial joints is greater than expected
- New York Times
10/03/2011 - As surgeons in Boston sliced through tissue surrounding a failed artificial hip in a 53-year-old man, they discovered what looked like a biological dead zone. There were matted strands of tissue stained gray and black; a large strip of muscle near the hip no longer contracted. Dr. Young-Min Kwon, the lead orthopedic surgeon on the operation, said the damage was more extensive than tests had indicated and might be permanent. “The prognosis is guarded,” Kwon said.
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FDA Recalls Zimmer Trabecular Metal Modular Acetabular System
- Ennis & Ennis
09/30/2011 - On September 27, 2011, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled the Trabecular Metal Modular Acetabular System manufactured by Zimmer Inc. The Trabecular Metal Modular Acetabular System is a modular acetabular cup system consisting of a shell with a preassembled locking ring, a liner, and optional screws. The shell implants are used to replace the hip socket during total hip arthroplasty.
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Three years to recall problem DePuy implants
- Sydney Morning Herald
09/28/2011 - After evidence emerged of the high failure rate of an artificial hip, it took three years for the recall of the product. This resulted in an estimated 5000 Australian patients having to undergo repeat operations.
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Broadspire Services, Inc. Handling DePuy ASR Hip Implant Claims
- Ennis & Ennis
09/23/2011 - Johnson & Johnson has hired BroadSpire Services, Inc., a case management firm, to handle the recall of its DePuy ASR hip implants by contacting patients and offering them medical coverage if they need a revision surgery performed. Attorney David Ennis comments, “While it appears to be a friendly gesture, this clearly is a strategy being utilized to limit their (Johnson & Johnson) financial exposure and may not be in the best interest of the patient.”
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Hip replacement poisoning
- WAFF
09/20/2011 - Sandra Rogers is busy cleaning her kitchen, but even something this simple difficult these days. "I'm nauseated if I'm awake… So they now have me on medication they give to cancer patients for nausea," said Rogers. But her current illness has been a mystery to doctors. Little did she or they know this illness could be tied to a hip replacement she had in December of 2006. This was about 9 months after a devastating auto accident resulting in the death of the hip tissue.
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J&J Metal Hips Failed in More Than a Quarter of Cases, U.K. Says
- Bloomberg
09/19/2011 - A metal-on-metal hip implant made by Johnson & Johnson failed in more than a quarter of cases by the sixth year after the devices were installed, according to a U.K. medical registry. The ASR implant from J&J's DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. unit was removed or replaced 29 percent of the time after six years, compared with a 9.5 percent failure rate for all metal-on-metal implants, the National Joint Registry of England and Wales said in its 2011 annual report.
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Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Failure Rates Are Rapidly Increasing
- Ennislaw
09/19/2011 - The National Joint Registry for England and Wales reported that metal-on-metal hip implants contain an ever-increasing failure rate. Interestingly, the Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company, was recalled last year and had the highest failure rate of approximately 33 percent within the first six years.
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Hip Replacement Problems Reported To FDA On The Rise
- NYTimes
09/16/2011 - In a troubling development for people with all-metal artificial hips, a registry that tracks orthopedic implants in Britain reported on Thursday that the failure rate of the devices was increasing.
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FDA Recalls Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit
- Ennislaw
08/26/2011 - According to Ennis & Ennis, P.A., on August 3, 2011 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled the Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit manufactured by Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC). The Pinnacle device is made of the synthetic material, polypropylene, and is implanted transvaginally to treat pelvic organ prolapse (POP) stress urinary incontinence (SUI). The mesh device includes legs that are fastened into ligaments to provide vaginal support.
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Hip Replacement Problems Reported To FDA On The Rise
- ThirdAge
08/25/2011 - Hip replacement problems reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are on the uptick, reported the New York Times, primarily due to issues with metal-on-metal artificial hips. The paper reported that the FDA received more than 5,000 complaints to date in 2011 alone.
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Hip Implant Complaints Surge, Even as the Dangers Are Studied
- Herald Tribune
08/23/2011 - The federal government has received a surge in complaints in recent months about failed hip replacements, suggesting that serious problems persist with some types of artificial hips even as researchers scramble to evaluate the health dangers.
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DePuy's handling of hip recall sparks questions
- Reuters
08/22/2011 - Johnson & Johnson which could face billions of dollars in costs over an artificial hip recall, is taking an unusual approach to managing the crisis -- one that could limit its financial exposure, legal experts say. J&J's DePuy Orthopaedics Inc unit recalled its metal ASR hip system a year ago after it failed at a higher-than-expected rate, with some patients experiencing pain, swelling, joint dislocation and sometimes systemic damage to the central nervous system, thyroid and heart.
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Increase of Lawsuits Filed against Pinnacle Could Mean a Recall is Looming
- EzineMark
08/02/2011 - The DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement system has been on the markets for public use for over ten years now, during this time there have been numerous lawsuits filed against DePuy claiming that the DePuy Pinnacle has caused the recipient harm. Even those who are "recovering from a recent DePuy hip replacement surgery" have been reported to have had grim experiences due to the orthopedic device in question and in turn lawsuits were filed.
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Experts Say FDA Should Abandon Approval Process
- ABCNews
08/01/2011 - A panel of medical experts said the government should abandon its system for approving most medical devices in the U.S., because it offers patients no assurance of safety. Right now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration uses a streamlined review, called 510(k), to approve products that are similar to those it has already approved and are on the market. The streamlined review, used for about 90 percent of medical device applications, including those for knee and hip replacement, takes about 10 months as opposed to the years a more complex review would take.
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All pain, no gain for hip patients
- NZ Herald
07/24/2011 - Bruce Greenfield may be the last New Zealander implanted with a faulty hip joint that is causing turmoil in the orthopaedic world and heartache for patients. As a doctor - a general practitioner - Greenfield is well placed to recognise that missteps occur in medicine and that the big money to be made can both drive innovation and delay acceptance of a problem.
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Lawsuits piling up against J&J for DePuy hip implants
- MedCity
07/12/2011 - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) could shell out up to $1 billion for lawsuits concerning its subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics and the metal-on-metal hip implants that were found to shed minute metal particles into a patient’s bloodstream over time. Lawsuits over the ASR implant have piled up across the country, accusing DePuy of manufacturing a defective product, failing to warn patients and doctors of problems with the implant and negligence in designing, manufacturing and selling the product.
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Patients face extra surgeries over faulty DePuy implants
- Irish Independent
07/05/2011 - Up to 113 Irish patients have already endured two hip operations due to a worldwide recall of faulty joint implants, it has emerged. And another eight, who were also fitted with the faulty DePuy orthopaedic hip joints, are scheduled to have operations in the coming weeks and months. Patients faced an anxious wait last August when it was announced that 3,500 Irish people had been fitted with potentially faulty hips in public and private hospitals over the previous six years.
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Metallosis May Be Typical For DePuy Pinnacle Clients
- 68 Articles
06/29/2011 - The DePuy Pinnacle recall might be imminent just like what happened to DePuy ASR hip implant as more than 1300 protests since Novemeber 2010 have been brought to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the product. Most of the reports are about an unexplainable hip pain, possibly suggesting metallosis on the hip area. Arthroscopic hip surgery may be a safer and less troublesome management of hip problems, there are some cases when a hip replacement is deemed necessary.
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In Medicine, New Isn’t Always Improved
- NYTimes
06/27/2011 - The implants, known as metal-on-metal hips, were regarded by device makers and surgeons as a major advance over previous designs that used both metal and plastic. Now federal regulators and medical researchers are scrambling to determine how many implant recipients have been injured by the devices, which can shed dangerous metallic debris through wear.
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Metal-on-metal hip implants leave some recipients in pain, at risk
- Detroit Free Press
06/20/2011 - By his early 60s, Michael Stieler had worn out the cartilage in his right hip with a lifetime of running, hang gliding and carpentry work. Surgery to replace the hip in 2007 provided enormous relief for the Sonora, Calif., man -- for a year. "And then all heck broke loose," said Stieler, now 68. "It hurt. I couldn't even walk on it."
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Thousands to undergo blood tests after fears replacement metal hips are poisoning them
- Daily Mail
06/18/2011 - Thousands of people are having blood tests amid fears they are being poisoned by their replacement metal hips. Small particles from the metal are believed to be damaging flesh and causing immense pain.
Other symptoms could include breathing problems, sight and hearing loss - and even cancer. Now patients with DePuy ASR hip replacements are being recalled by hospitals for urgent tests.
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Lawsuits Against Depuy Are Unavoidable As Failure Rates Steadily Ris
- ArticleSnatch
06/15/2011 - With its dated history, Depuy has long been recognized as a leader in the Medical Device field. Depuy has gone farther than any other company to help people with medical devices during its long history. The most recent of Depuys Hip Replacement systems, namely the ASR and Pinnacle, have come under heavy scrutiny due to their high failure rates.
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Dozens suing over hip replacement device
-WAOW News
06/15/2011 - More than 80 people in Wisconsin blame a hip replacement device for more pain after surgery. The device has been recalled but for some patients, like Richard Swartz of Wausau, that's not enough. Swartz and his wife hoped to retire after he got a hip replacement, but he says after his first surgery life has been far from relaxing.
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Hip Replacement Surgery And a Possible Claim For a Depuy Pinnacle Lawsuit
- 68 Articles
06/10/2011 - Total hip replacement surgery is an invasive procedure that entails replacement of damaged or diseased bone and cartilage in the hip joint with a prosthetic device that mimics the action of the hip. This process is performed on patients with degenerative arthritis, fractures secondary to osteoporosis, and other conditions that damage the hip joint, causing discomfort severe sufficient to interfere with the patient's normal daily functioning.
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JPML Sends DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Cases to MDL in Texas
- HarrisMartin
05/24/2011 - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has issued an order creating a coordinated docket in Texas for all federal lawsuits stemming from injuries allegedly caused by the DePuy Pinnacle Acetabular Cup System.
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San Francisco Judge Considers Petition To Coordinate DePuy Pinnacle Hip Implant Lawsuit Cases
- HarrisMartin
05/23/2011 - The Judicial Council of California has assigned San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer to consider a petition to coordinate DePuy Pinnacle hip implant cases in a separate proceeding from existing DePuy ASR implant cases, but before the same trial judge.
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Hip Makers Told to Study More Data
- NYTimes
05/11/2011 - In an unusual move, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered all producers of a popular category of artificial hip to undertake studies of the implants, which have been linked to high early failure rates and severe health effects in some patients.
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Medical Groups Tracking Hip Implants And Knee Implants After J&J Recall
- Bloomberg
05/03/2011 - Databases created by two doctors’ groups are now tracking the success rates of artificial hips and knees in the U.S. following a Johnson & Johnson unit’s decision last year to recall a hip implant used on 93,000 patients.
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Suffolk Patient’s Compensation Claim Against Medical Giant
- EDP24.CO.UK
12/10/2010 - A Suffolk woman has launched a compensation claim against a multinational company after she says she was left in agony by a hip replacement implant that was meant to improve her mobility.
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J&J Hip Replacement Lawsuits Given to One Judge
- Bloomberg
12/06/2010 - All pretrial proceedings in federal lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson over recalled devices used in hip-replacement surgery will be overseen by a federal judge in Ohio, a judicial panel decided.
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Hip Implants
- NY Times
08/27/2010 - More than two years after the Food and Drug Administration began receiving complaints about the failure of a hip replacement implant made by the DePuy Orthopaedics unit of Johnson & Johnson, the company said Thursday that it was recalling two kinds of hip implants.
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Failure Prone Hip Implants
- NPR
08/27/2010 - It's one thing to recall a bunch of kids medicines that don't meet quality standards and quite another to announce a do-over on surgically implanted artificial hips. But that's what Johnson & Johnson is up to now. The company's DePuy unit (rhymes with Pepe Le PEW) said new data show its ASR XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System are prone to early failure.
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With Warning, A Hip Device Is Withdrawn
- NY Times
03/10/2010 - A unit of Johnson & Johnson, just months after saying it was phasing out an artificial hip implant because of slowing sales, has warned doctors that the device appears to have a high failure rate in some patients.
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If you or a loved one have suffered or been injured from a defective DePuy Hip Implant or needed a hip implant revision you may be entitled to compensation. Contact the DePuy hip Implant attorneys of Ennis & Ennis today for a free confidential case evaluation. Our on staff nurse and lawyers are standing by to answer any questions you may have regarding the DePuy Hip Implants, a possible DePuy Hip Implant class action lawsuit, or any other type of DePuy hip implant litigation. Call us toll-free at: 1.800.856.6405 or fill out the free case evaluation form on this page.

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