DePuy had some exciting announcements for new additions to many of their product lines at last week’s annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS). The new launches includes the new AOX Polyethylene, an anti-oxidant polyethylene liner for knee replacements, RECLAIM and GRIPTION...
He has submitted his resignation and will effective at the end of March. I can guarantee this is not a fun job right now with the recalls and all the issues the DePuy division has faced. He’s an executive in charge of running a failing implant division, and personally he did not create the units...
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Smith and Nephew advertised this year that their knee can last up to 30 years, back in April as it was approved by the FDA. Of course we won’t really know until 29 years from now approximately if they do last that long and for that matter will stem cells and regenerative medicine come in to play...
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Here’s a report on a patient that is looking at her 4th hip implant and a bit of history on the investigation as far as to how the implant was approved and if the failures should have been brought to light sooner. As timing would have it, Kaiser Permanente put out a press release today about their “registry...
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If you missed the original recall notice you can use the link below for more information. I can understand a partial release of information, in other words to verify that the named patient did receive an implant. I don’t however see the reason for paying the doctors for this information as...
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This is going to be a big mess as the company wants their old parts back and surgery is the only way that will happen, and perhaps studying some of the failed units too may offer some new information for future designs? That was just a guess on my part. DePuy (part of Johnson and Johnson...
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The DePuy knee and hip systems have had their share of news coverage of late and now an official recall has been initiated. Just a few days ago the FDA issued a warning letter about some of the DePuy products not being marketed and utilized correctly. DePuy (Johnson & Johnson) - FDA Issues...
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The first issue was the use of the Corail Hip System that stated it was used for 2 non approved uses with marketing both on line and with brochures and I’m not quite sure what this is about but the FDA is questioning as I thought if you needed a hip you needed one and the surgeon and sometimes the patient...
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Back in March, DePuy sent a letter to doctors advising that the ASR was being phased out. The woman filing the lawsuit had problems, pain, and the device failed and was replaced with a device from another company. The suit alleges that the company knew of the defects after receiving FDA approval...
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Back in September of 2008 we were asking “how long is my knee or hip replacement going to last and now we are getting some not so good results, but there are many good ones too. How Long is my Knee or Hip Replacement Going to Last? Johnson and Johnson is phasing out one of their hip products and...
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This is an interesting series of events here, and if the failure rate is high, why are the hips being “phased” out, in other words are they still being sold until the end of this year as the article states? Hip Replacement Study Released - Metal on Metal Devices Are Beginning to Fail Sooner than...
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The competition in the hip and knee business is about to get a little smaller with this acquisition by Johnson and Johnson. In looking at both pages there’s seems to be a lot of product to merge together and appears to make the DePuy line a bit larger. From the website: “Finsbury has always...
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