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metal-on-metal hip implants
J&J Will Stop Sales of Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacements
Bloomberg reports: “Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), the world’s biggest maker of health-care products, said it will stop selling metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-metal hip replacements as demand wanes for the devices and U.S. regulators seek new rules.”
Categories: Hip and Knee Replacement, Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: metal-on-metal hip implants
J.&J. Unit Phasing Out All-Metal Hip Devices
NY Times: “The orthopedic unit of Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that it was phasing out production of all-metal replacement hips, a move reflecting an industrywide trend to abandon the once widely used implants because of high early failure rates.”
Categories: Hip and Knee Replacement, Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: metal-on-metal hip implants
J&J will abandon metal hip replacement sales
J&J announced it will discontinue selling its metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-metal hips by the end of 2014. Consumers Union has voiced major patient safety concerns with metal-on-metal hip implants after hearing from many patients with metal-on-metal hips who faced problems and/or became disabled.
Categories: Hip and Knee Replacement, Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: metal-on-metal hip implants
J&J Jury Urged to Award $5 Million for Failed Metal Hip
J&J Jury Urged to Award $5 Million for Failed Metal Hip
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: DePuy ASR, metal-on-metal hip implants
Illinois Hospital’s Experience with DePuy ASR Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Underscores its Problems
The high failure rate of the DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant seen among the patients at one Illinois hospital underscores the dangers posed by this and other similar hip implants.
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: DePuy ASR, metal-on-metal hip implants
Johnson & Johnson Confirms Inquiry Into Hip Devices
NYT: “Federal prosecutors are investigating Johnson & Johnson’s practices in marketing a line of hip replacements recalled in 2010 because many had to be replaced within a few years — part of a string of more than 30 product recalls by the company in the last three and a half years.”
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: metal-on-metal hip implants
Johnson & Johnson discloses government probe of hip implants, surgical mesh
Johnson & Johnson disclosed government probes into two of its troubled products today.
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: metal-on-metal hip implants, surgical mesh
Study: Hip implants more likely to fail in women
Associated Press reports: “Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to one of the largest studies of its kind in U.S. patients. The risk of the implants failing is low, but women were 29% more likely than men to need a repeat surgery within the first three years.”
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: metal-on-metal hip implants
A Call to Prevent Unsafe, High-Risk Medical Devices From Reaching Patients
Commentary Sheds Light on FDA Approval Process for Implantable Body Parts
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: medical device, metal-on-metal hip implants
J&J Failed Own Safety Test in Hip Design, Witness Says
Witness testified in a suit against Johnson & Johnson that the company changed their test instead of the design of the device because a redesign would be too costly.
Categories: Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: medical device, metal-on-metal hip implants
