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The first lawsuit in the United States against DePuy Orthopaedics was filed on June 15, 2010. [citation needed] Through the multidistrict litigation process, the cases were centralized in different courts depending on the exact implant at issue. The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a ruling on December 7 ...
Metallosis is the medical condition involving deposition and build-up of metal debris in the soft tissues of the body. [ 1] Metallosis has been known to occur when metallic components in medical implants, specifically joint replacements, abrade against one another. [ 1] Metallosis has also been observed in some patients either sensitive to the ...
Hip resurfacing has been developed as a surgical alternative to total hip replacement (THR). The procedure consists of placing a cap (usually made of cobalt-chrome metal), which is hollow and shaped like a mushroom, over the head of the femur while a matching metal cup (similar to what is used with a THR) is placed in the acetabulum (pelvis socket), replacing the articulating surfaces of the ...
Stryker, a Fortune 500 company, had been faced with multidistrict as well as multicounty litigation over damages caused by recalled hip replacement devices. Stryker Reaches Settlement in ...
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.
Novartis and Viatris were hit with a federal lawsuit in Maryland on Monday by the family of a woman whose tissue cells were taken from her body in the 1950s and used to fuel medical research and ...
Initially, Bǎrbosu thought she had the medal until the US team successfully appealed the judge’s scoring of Chiles’ routine, elevating the American from fifth place up to third and into an ...
Joe Paterno. Joseph Vincent Paterno ( / pəˈtɜːrnoʊ /; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno is the most victorious coach in NCAA FBS ...