DePuy Defective ASR Recall Attorney
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As a Texas medical doctor and DePuy Hip Recall and Replacement Attorney, I am fielding many calls from concerned plaintiffs regarding their implanted DePuy ASR Metal on Metal Hip prosthesis.

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Ohio Southern Federal District Court Case Number MDL No. 2197

DePuy Hip Replacement and Recall Injuries
If you or a loved one has suffered as the result of a defective hip or knee replacement, contact the Dr Shezad Malik law firm. Those who have had defective knee or hip replacement systems implanted may be eligible to seek compensation for things like pain, suffering, medical expenses, lost income and disfigurement. Currently, there are two main hip and knee replacement manufacturers against whom claims are being filed for their defective medical implants:

Depuy Hip Implant Claims
The Depuy ASR Hip Replacement System has a high failure rate due to its defective design and manufacturing. The company issued a voluntary recall of its hip replacement system as the defective implant has been associated with releasing high levels of metal ions which can damage tissue and cause pseudo tumors. If you have had a hip replacement after 2003 and are experiencing pain, it is important to contact your surgeon or the hospital where your surgery was performed to determine if a Depuy ASR Hip Replacement System was used.

It is important not to sign any documents for either of these companies, even if your doctor asks you to. Please seek legal advice from an experienced Dallas/Fort Worth product liability attorney before you sign any legal documents.

Contact Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Personal Injury Attorney Dr Shezad Malik.
My law firm has helped many clients win compensation for their injuries. My firm provides you with personalized attention through every step of the legal process as we aggressively pursue justice on your behalf. When you need a Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas personal injury attorney for a knee or hip replacement recall claim, contact me to learn more about your rights and legal options. We handle defective medical product and device cases all over Texas and the United States.

Many plaintiffs are understandably concerned, about what to do next once they receive a certified letter from their orthopedic doctor, allegedly ghost written by DePuy. Many folks are asked to get a blood test and are asked to sign over their hip surgery medical records. Patients with the metal hip devices have suffered pain and inflammation from device malfunction, and have endured metallosis when the grinding of metal parts in the hip implants releases cobalt and chromium into their bloodstream.

Cobalt Poisoning Metallosis
Has your metal-on-metal hip implant failed prematurely? Have you suffered from pain, inflammation, difficulty walking, or developed non-cancerous tumors since receiving your metal-on-metal hip implant? You could be the victim of cobaltism, or cobalt poisoning, from your metal-on-metal hip implant. This occurs when the metal components of an implant begin to wear and microscopic metal shards are absorbed into the blood stream and infiltrate the organs. The tissue damage that results from cobalt poisoning can complicate future revision surgeries intended to replace the damaged metal-on-metal hip implant.

Some defective metal devices sold in the US include Wright Medical’s CONSERVE Total Hip System, Biomet’s M2a Metal Hip, Zimmer Orthopedics’ Metasul, and DePuy Orthopaedic’s now-recalled ASR XL Acetabular Hip Replacement System and can lead to cobaltism and metallosis.

Folks you are not alone, you need to preserve your legal rights and have your case evaluated by an experienced product liability attorney. Recently I had a call, from a man who is suffering terribly from his 2 year old hip surgery. He had never sued anybody and did not know what to next. He had received the correspondence from his doctors and a request for a blood test. He was confused and upset because he knows that he will have to undergo another painful hip surgery, and he knows he will have a long road to recovery, pain and suffering and finally may lose his job. He is the only bread winner in his family and knows if he loses his job, he will have no health insurance to pay for the new hip, which can cost up $150,000.

If you are a victim of an ASR XL Acetabular System or an ASR Hip Resurfacing System, both of which were recalled by DePuy/Johnson & Johnson, you should expect financial compensation. In determining the amount of compensation you may be entitled to, you need to consider the following: the types of damages that available to people injured by defective products, and the recent results of a Sulzer hip implant lawsuit.

DePuy not provided any details on how, it intends to compensate you for the pain and suffering your DePuy hip replacement may have caused. To protect your legal rights, you should not call DePuy or sign any document the company provides without first speaking with a DePuy hip replacement attorney.

In a product liability case, a victim can recover economic damages (medical bills and lost wages) and non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering).

As a Dallas DePuy Recall attorney I am concern about the risks of Cobalt and Chromium poisoning, resulting from the metal on metal grinding of the DePuy ASR Prosthetic Hips. In August 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., recalled the ASR metal-on-metal hip replacement system, admitting that about one out of every eight patients who receives the hip implant may experience early hip failure within five years. The actual ratio of defective hips may be as high as one out of five or 20%, or even higher.

Structural design and manufacturing problems with the DePuy metal-on-metal hip replacement system allow the toxic release of chromium and cobalt to be absorbed into the blood-stream. Tests have demonstrated that levels of chromium and cobalt can be 100 times higher than normal, and the patients have had soft tissue and muscle inflammation and benign tumors develop, called pseudo-tumors. Chromium and Cobalt toxicity has been linked to cancer, and other severe medical conditions associated with heavy metal toxicity.

The MDL is formed in the Northern District of Ohio, and all federal cases filed in different districts throughout the United States will be transferred to one judge for coordinated handling during pretrial litigation. And now we can direct file into the MDL.

DePuy XL ASR Prosthetic Hips are unique, in that they involve metal on metal grinding during a patient's ambulation. While the metal design may have have sounded good in theory, they have turned out horribly bad in clinical practice.

Patients then develop 2 types of problems. The repetitive grinding motion, leads to microscopic wearing down of the articular surfaces and the release of metallic ions, particularly cobalt and chromium, into the tissues surrounding the hip. The metal becomes fatigued and leads to early failure.

Also there is the resultant loosening and dislocation of the device resulting in the need for early hip revision surgery and/or the release of metal debris causing tissue damage. This absorption of metallic ions in the tissues, leads to an inflammatory reaction, resulting in pain, swelling and immobility. The absorption of metallic ions into the bloodstream leads to cobalt and chromium toxicity. Polyneuropathy is caused by cobalt–chromium metallosis after total hip replacement.

Approximately 30,000 DePuy hips have been implanted in the US alone. There is a Fort Worth Texas, orthopedic group that I know of, which has implanted 800, over the past 6 years.

DePuy is apparently paying orthopedic doctors to hand over their patients medical records and grabbing the artificial joints when they get removed. Both of these acts should be resisted at all costs. This is unethical, and you risk the loss of key evidence of a defective product. We are storing our clients DePuy artificial hips in storage bottles containing formalin.

I would encourage all patients who have had a DePuy hip implanted to seek legal advice, and to safeguard their legal rights. If you have one of the DePuy ASR hip systems, you have the potential of a legal claim. Potential recoveries include compensation for your medical bills, lost wages and your pain and suffering.

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DePuy Class Action Lawsuits
Lawsuits filed by patients who were implanted with a DePuy hip replacement device have alleged that the company knew about problems with its products more than two years before they were finally recalled. DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, recalled the ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing Systems in August 2010 after studies showed that they were more than twice as likely to fail as similar hip replacement implants.

Since 2008, the Food and Drug Administration received at least 400 reports of problems with DePuy hip replacement devices. Studies conducted in the U.K. showed that within five years of receiving the devices, 13% of patients with the acetabular system and 12% of patients with the resurfacing system required surgery to fix their devices. According to the company, only 5% of hip implants should need to be replaced within five years.

In spite of warnings about the increased failure rate of DePuy’s hip systems, the company did not recall the hip implants in the U.S. until in August 2010. The Australian National Joint Replacement Registry had warned the company about problems with the two products beginning in 2007. The DePuy hip implants were eventually recalled in Australia in December 2009.

If you or a loved one received a DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System or ASR Resurfacing System and have suffered problems with the device, contact the attorneys at Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm to learn more about your legal rights. You can speak with one of our representatives by calling toll-free at 888-210-9693, or by filling out the case evaluation form on the right of this page.

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