Posts tagged stryker

• British Regulators Call For Increased Monitoring of Metal-On-Metal Artificial Hips

  Brett Emison | March 06, 2012 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The New York Times reported on February 29 that British health regulators are extending the monitoring period for patients that have received a metal-on-metal hip implant due to metal debris...

• DePuy HIp Recall: 'Smoking Gun' Email Shows Company Knew About Artificial Hip Problems

  Brett Emison | February 23, 2012 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A recently uncovered email circulated within Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics medical device unit sheds new light on what DePuy executives knew and when they knew it. In August...

• FDA Says DePuy Sold Medical Implants Without Approval

  Brett Emison | February 01, 2012 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The FDA last month accused Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. of selling 14 different types of medical devices without necessary FDA approval. The medical devices failing...

• NYT: Defective Metal-on-Metal Hips Raise Health Costs

  Brett Emison | December 29, 2011 8:20 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  It wasn't that long ago that the New York Times confirmed the high failure rate for metal-on-metal artificial hips. Now, in “The High Cost of Failing Artificial Hips,” the New...

• Congress To Require Companies To Track Artificial Hips, Knees, Other Implants

  Brett Emison | December 21, 2011 11:08 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Much has been learned about the medical device industry since problems surfaced regarding DePuy Hip implants and Zimmer knee implants. DePuy - a division of Johnson & Johnson - has recalled...

• Study Confirms: Metal-on-Metal Hips No Better Than Traditional Artificial Hip Implants

  Brett Emison | December 01, 2011 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  I've written frequently about the the problems with DePuy and other types of metal on metal artificial hips: Lack of testing under the FDA 510(k) approval process High metal on...

• Chicago Tribune: Million-Dollar Payments To Surgeons Rise

  Brett Emison | October 25, 2011 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Multi-million dollar payments to doctors by drug and medical device companies are nothing new. But as a Reuters report shows, the payments are increasing and raising ethical questions for doctors....

• NBC Nightly News: Metal-On-Metal Hips - One Of The Largest Failures Ever

  Brett Emison | October 11, 2011 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  NBC Nightly News aired this report last week: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy According to the report, the FDA has received nearly 11,000 reports of...

• DePuy Hip Recall: NYT Confirms High Metal-On-Metal Artificial Hip Failure Rate

  Brett Emison | October 04, 2011 11:46 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The New York Times report is gruesome: As surgeons here sliced through tissue surrounding a failed artificial hip in a 53-year-old man, they discovered what looked like a biological dead zone....