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At the beginning of 2011, DePuy Orthopaedics said they were phasing out the ASR Hip Implant because of declining sales, but never mentioned the high failure rate data from an Australian implant registry. In March 2011, The New York Times reported that DePuy issued its first warning to doctors and patients about the high early failure rate. [1]
On August 24, 2010, DePuy recalled [4] all ASR hip implant systems sold since 2003. The 2010 DePuy Hip Recall was issued after research released by the National Joint Registry (NJR) found high rates of hip replacement failure for the ASR XL Acetabular and ASR Hip Resurfacing systems.
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 DePuy said the recall was due to unpublished National Joint Registry data showing a 12% revision rate for resurfacing at five years and an ASR XL revision rate of 13%.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 ...
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 ...
Additionally, the recalled waffles includes dozens of lots of Kodiak Cake frozen waffles, including its 13.4 ounce vanilla buttermilk waffles variety with multiple "best by" dates (see list below).
Whole Foods 365 organic whole carrots (pictured) and organic baby carrots are part of a recall from Grimmway Farms after an E.coli outbreak. / Credit: Grimmway Farms Bunny Luv - 1lb, 2lb, 3lb, 5lb
On Friday, Fresh Express issued a recall of its Fresh Express Spinach bag in the 8 ounce size, with product code G332 and a use-by date of Dec. 15. Also, the 9 ounce Publix Spinach bag with the ...
Following the 2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Lanier represented plaintiffs in several lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Synthes, which Johnson & Johnson acquired in 1998. [16] The implants were said to cause a build-up of metal ions in the blood, causing groin pain, allergic reactions, bone erosion and tissue death. [17]