Posts Tagged ‘DePuy’

Depuy President Steps Down After Recall of Faulty Hip Implants

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

According to a recent Bloomberg news report, David Floyd has officially stepped down as world president of DePuy Orthopaedics.  Depuy is the division of Johnson & Johnson that produces artificial hip and knee replacements.

Floyd’s resignation comes amid continuing controversy about Depuy’s recall of its ASR hip implants.  The New York Times recently reported that the ASR hip implants have been “failing worldwide at unusually high rates after just a few years.”  Depuy’s faulty hip replacements have caused many patients to undergo painful revision surgery.

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Update: DePuy Recalls Defective A.S.R. Hip Implant, But High Failure Rates Continue

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Depuy ASR Hip RecallThis past December 2010, the New York Times reported that Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy A.S.R. hip implants have been “failing worldwide at unusually high rates after just a few years.”Despite being promoted as a breakthrough in hip replacements, the faulty DePuy A.S.R. (which stands for Articular Surface Replacement) is now being called “one of the most troubled orthopedic implants of the past decade.”

Although evidence of the defective A.S.R. hip implant had been mounting for years, DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson and the world’s leading manufacturer of hip implants, has continued to claim that there were no problems with the troubled A.S.R.  (more…)