ZIMMER DUROM CUP HIP RECALL

In July, 2008, Zimmer Holdings, the nation's number one producer of artificial joint components, announced that it was suspending sales of the Durom Acetabular Cup, an artificial hip component, as a result of high implant failure rates.  The hip implant failure rate results from the inability of the Durom cup to bond with the host bone and, as a result, the implanted cup moves or "migrates" from the position it needs to be in to ensure satisfactory alignment and performance of the prosthetic hip.

At an April 2008 physicians conference, Dr. Lawrence Dorr, a renowned orthopedic surgeon located in Los Angeles, California, publically warned other orthopedic surgeons about the hip implant's high failure rates.   At that same time, Zimmer declined to halt sales and continued selling the Durom components until its July 2008 decision to "temporarily suspend" sales in the United States.

Zimmer has refused to admit that there is a product defect with the Durom components and, instead, has argued that American physicians lack the required skill or finesse to be able to implant the Durom components:  "Like all metal-on-metal monoblock acetabular components, the technology and design parameters of the Durom cup demand a surgical technique with a higher degree of precision and specificity compared to more common and familiar hip arthroplasty surgical techniques practiced in the U. S.

In a July 24, 2008 New York Times article regarding the Durom cup, Dr. Dorr rejected such an assertion and succinctly state the problem as follows:   "It is a bad design."

In an ongoing investigation into the faulty Zimmer Durom hip components, the U. S. Food & Drug Administration received from orthopedic surgeons numerous adverse event reports (AERs) relating to the Durom acetabular component and its propensity to loosen and migrate.  These reports began shortly after Zimmer began marketing the Durom cup components in 2008.

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