DePuy ASR Hip Replacement Recall

DePuy is a company that makes orthopedic devices and supplies that are used by orthopedic specialists. DePuy ensures safety of their products, but the DePuy recall was announced due to complaints regarding their ASR hip implant. The device has been in the market for six years. According to the complaints received by the company, the ASR was successfully implants and the device was perfectly working during the first years, but patients soon experience pain and other symptoms that require them to undergo a second surgery, which is both costly and painful.

The DePuy recall was announced on August 26, 2010, that was two years after the company received reports about defects of the device. The DePuy recall included the two products: the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and the ASR XL Acetabular System. Sad to say, doctors said, the DePuy recall was too late since after ASR hip implant came in the market in 2003, there are already about 93, 000 patients worldwide had ASR implants. Some orthopedic experts were even dismayed by the late recall of the faulty devices.

The DePuy recall was meant to subject to the devices into further testing and monitoring to see how the device turns defective. Orthopedics who opted for the ASR hip implant, thought the devices was flawless and it could be safely used for years. But as soon as complaints are piling up, the DePuy recall was necessitated. The complaints were indeed alarming. According to statistics, as estimated 12 percent of patients who received the ASR Resurfacing Device and 13 percent of those who received the ASR total hip replacement surgery had to undergo a revision surgery.

What to Do When Affected by the DePuy Recall
The ASR hip system was first used in 2003. This means that patients who received any of the two devices on or after July 2003 are affected by the DePuy recall. These patients are advised to see their orthopedic surgeon and if confirmed that any of the two ASR hip systems was implanted, they need to find a DePuy attorney so that their rights will be protected including their entitlement for compensation due by the DePuy recall lawsuit.

The DePuy does not necessarily call for the removal of the hip implant. Rather, the recall serves to subject the device into further testing and monitoring. Affected individuals must therefore have their implants checked if it is functioning properly. Since DePuy is held responsible for the safety of their product, any expenditure entailed by the whole process is covered by the company. This includes the costs of testing and necessary treatment as well as the cost of the revision surgery.

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Author : Jeremy Smith

Summary
The DePuy recall ordered the removal of the faulty ASR hip implants. At the same time, the DePuy recall allows for testing and monitoring of the already implanted ASR hip implants.