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The 2010 DePuy Hip Replacement Recall was instituted when DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a division of Johnson & Johnson, recalled its ASR XL Acetabular metal-on-metal hip replacement system on August 24, 2010. [1] [2]
In August 2010, DePuy recalled its hip replacement systems ASR XL Acetabular Hip Replacement System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System due to failure rates and side effects including metallosis. The recalls triggered a large number of lawsuits against DePuy and its parent company Johnson & Johnson upon claims that the companies knew about the ...
In many other countries, DePuy operates as a brand under the Johnson & Johnson Medical organization. [1] DePuy is currently the subject of more than 11,000 lawsuits related to its recall of faulty hip replacement systems, which lawyers and industry analysts estimate will cost parent company Johnson & Johnson billions of dollars to resolve. [2]
The other product, the Corail Hip System, was cleared, the FDA says, and indicated for cementless use only. But the company marketed the hip replacement for two unapproved uses, as mentioned in ...
To check whether you have recalled soda, you'll want to look at the best by date, lot number, and UPC code for your products. Recalled Diet Coke has a best by date of 01/29/24, lot no. JAN2924MBD3 ...
D019644. MedlinePlus. 002975. [ edit on Wikidata] Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. [ 1] Hip replacement surgery can be performed as a total replacement or a hemi/semi (half) replacement.
It is the latest in a series of recalls the New Brunswick, N.J., company has issued, ranging from over-the-counter medication to hip replacements from its subsidiary, DePuy Orthopaedics.
On August 24, 2010, DePuy, a subsidiary of American giant Johnson & Johnson, recalled its ASR (articular surface replacement) hip prostheses from the market. DePuy said the recall was due to unpublished National Joint Registry data showing a 12% revision rate for resurfacing at five years and an ASR XL revision rate of 13%. All hip prostheses ...