Hip Recall by J & J
Johnson and Johnson has issued a recall of 93,000 hip implant systems. It has been found people with these hip systems required additional surgery as they suffered additional pain.
DePuy, which has sold about 93,000 units of its ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, said recent data received by the company showed an increase in the number of people who have had a second hip replacement surgery, also called a "revision surgery."
Earlier in the week the FDA had issued a warning to J & J for selling certain hip and joint products without FDA approval.
The FDA said the medical devices maker has been selling its TruMatch Personalized Solutions System, which makes artificial knee products, and the Corail Hip System without "market clearance" and in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. (Article)
Of course earlier this year J & J had a huge recall of some of their medications including Children's Tylenol.
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