Zimmer Durom Hip Implant Recalled
On July 24, 2008, Zimmer Holdings, the nation's largest producer of orthopedic devices, suspended all U.S. sales of an artificial hip implant component, known as the "Durom cup," due to a high failure rate. In April 2008, Dr. Lawrence Dorr, an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles, California, publicly warned other orthopedists about the high number of cup failures his patients were experiencing (Zimmer Hip Pain). While Zimmer denies the device is defective, in a letter to orthopedic surgeons dated July 22, 2008, it acknowledged that some patients receiving the artificial hip implant may require revision surgery. Critics of the device fear that hundreds of patients may require implant replacement.
Hip Pain From Defective Zimmer Hip Implant
Some Zimmer hip implant patients are suffering from what have described as Zimmer hip pain. Pain in area of where a hip implant replacement has been done may indicate a defective or faulty hip implant, loose hip implant, broken hip implant, or defective hip implant. Zimmer hip implant patients who are concerned that they may have received a defective artificial hip replacement that is one of the recalled Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implants, are urged to contact their orthopedic surgeons or the hospital where their Zimmer hip replacement surgery took place to find out if a possibly defective Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Implant was used in their hip replacement surgery. The Zimmer Durom hip implant failure may result in Zimmer hip replacement patients having to have a replacement surgery.NOTE: If you have a replacement surgery, tell your Doctors that you want the hip implant to be preserved as evidence and NOT shipped or returned to the manufacturer as it is critical evidence in a potential product liability lawsuit against Zimmer.
Zimmer Hip Implant Lawsuit
If you or a loved one have received a Zimmer Durom Hip Implant then call us to discuss your legal rights to monetary compensation due to your current injuries from the defective hip impant, past and future medical care, pain and suffering, rehabilitation, loss wages and other legal damages allowed under law when a manufacturer of a medical product makes a defective medical device that injuries the users. The Willis Law Firm has represented thousands of clients across the United States in defective and recalled medical devices, recalled drugs and other product liability claims. Mr. Willis is a Board Certified Trial Lawyer with 25+ years of legal experience. Call and talk to the Willis Law Firm about your Zimmer Hip Implant and any problems you currently have or any fears you have concerning the product in the future. Call Toll Free 1-800-883-9858
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