Johnson & Johnson announces the hip implant recall and withdrawal of its DePuy asr hip replacement system after reports indicate a high failure rate showing one in eight patients may need revision surgery within five years. Background: DePuy Orthopaedics is recalling its ASR XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System. The DePuy ASR [...]
On August 26, 2010, the DePuy Orthopaedics company, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, issued a voluntary depuy hip recall of two hip replacement systems. About 93,000 of the devices have been implanted worldwide, according to a DePuy spokesperson. The depuy hip implants are known as the ASR XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR Hip [...]
The depuy hip recall of the depuy asr hip implant was announced by DePuy Orthopedics Inc. on August 26, 2010. The hip recall by DePuy of its depuy asr hip implant comes after the device was marketed for approximately six years between 2003 and 2010. The defective ASR hip system has been implanted in a [...]
8/26/10 DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, has announced that it is recalling two types of depuy hip implants because of higher-than-expected early failure rates. The recall affects the ASR XL Acetabular System, which is used for total depuy hip replacements, and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, which is used in a newer [...]
