Posts Tagged 'hip implants'

Consumer Reports says tracking for implants needed

Posted April 5, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Health | Product News and Recalls | Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

According to Consumer Reports, a major problem with medical devices in the United States is a lack of any systematic way to keep track of them.

The May issue of the magazine contains an investigation titled “Dangerous Medical Devices,” which examines the flawed federal approval process that allows potentially hazardous devices to go onto the market.

Some of those problematic devices are surgically implanted in patients’ bodies. They include metal-on-metal joint replacements for hips, and transvaginal mesh implants to treat patients suffering ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Health, Product News and Recalls, Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, joint replacement, lawsuits, metal-on-metal, transvaginal mesh

Study: More research needed on hip implants, cancer

Posted April 5, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls

The BBC reports that a British study found no evidence of a link between metal-on-metal hip implants and cancer. But the analysis of 41,000 patients covered only seven years following hip replacement surgery, and researchers said follow-up will be necessary.

Medical professionals are concerned about the long-term impact of cobalt and chromium ions breaking off the implants and getting into patients’ blood and soft tissues.

Researchers in the U.K. have already drawn on data from the National Joint Registry of England and ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product News and Recalls

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, Johnson & Johnson, joint replacement, lawsuits, metal-on-metal

British health agency issues warning about metal hips

Posted April 4, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls | Recall

Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued a warning that surgeons should stop using a particular type of hip implant because of “unacceptably high” rates of follow-up operations.

The report mentions that metal-on-metal implants – consisting of both a ball and a socket coated with metal – have come under scrutiny in both Britain and the United States recently over concerns about their early failure rate, and metal particles breaking off and releasing toxic metal ions into the bloodstream.

The ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product News and Recalls, Recall

Tags: debris, DePuy Orthopaedics, early failure, hip implants, joint, lawsuits, metal-on-metal, replacement

FDA panel on hip implants seeks public input

Posted April 4, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls

A federal Food and Drug Administration panel examining the safety of metal-on-metal hip implants is inviting members of the public to comment on the devices.

The FDA’s Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has scheduled sessions for June 27 and 28 to examine the question of whether the hip implants should be subject to new testing standards and review requirements before going on the market in the U.S.

The agency is responding to thousands of complaints about ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product News and Recalls

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, FDA, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal

CEO may have ties to recalled implants

Posted April 4, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls | Recall | Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

New Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky is already facing some questions regarding his possible involvement with a recalled line of metal-on-metal hip implants, according to a recent report in the Newark Times Ledger.

Gorsky, who started with the company in 1988, is replacing outgoing CEO William Weldon.

Weldon’s departure follows a series of recalls, including medications and devices, that were very damaging for the company. But the Times Ledger article states: “Some critics have already questioned whether Gorsky, who ran the ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product News and Recalls, Recall, Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal, transvaginal mesh

Fatal heart attack blamed on faulty approval process

Posted April 3, 2012 in Depuy Hip Replacements | Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls

CBS Sunday Morning did a report this week spotlighting the inadequate process by which the federal Food and Drug Administration approves medical devices.

The report, titled “When Medical Implants Fail,” examined the case of 21-year-old Joshua Oukrop, who died of a heart attack in 2005.

Oukrop suffered from a congenital heart condition, and depended on a cardiac defibrillator called an ICD that was implanted in his chest to keep him alive. But after his fatal heart attack, Oukrop’s father learned that the ...

Categories: Depuy Hip Replacements, Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits, Product News and Recalls

Tags: debris, DePuy, early failure, hip implants, lawsuits, metal-on-metal

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Posts Tagged 'hip implants'

Consumer Reports says tracking for implants needed

Study: More research needed on hip implants, cancer

British health agency issues warning about metal hips

FDA panel on hip implants seeks public input

CEO may have ties to recalled implants

Fatal heart attack blamed on faulty approval process

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