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The use of graphite compound maybe helpful in designing safer hip replacement devices, medical research says. Carbon-rich metamorphic rock, which are formed underground via heat and pressure, comprises graphite that naturally occur in flake form. The use of graphite was based on a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health that was published in the medical journal, Science.
A manufacturing company has once again been charged with lawsuits because of defective metal-on-metal hip replacement. The perils of metal-on-metal hip surgeries was featured earlier on the New York Times.
Due to a failed metal-on-metal hip replacement, another lawsuit has been pursuedagainst a manufacturer. On December 16, 2011, complainants filed a motion with the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) to fuse all court cases against Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. is recently facing various lawsuits filed by law firms in UK, US and Australia, in behalf of patients who underwent hip replacement operations.
A recent edition of the Archives of Internal Medicinepublished a study which reviewed the number of medical device recalls between 2005 and 2009, and uncovered that out of the 113 recalled devices, 80 were cleared through the 510(k) process.
The Sydney Morning Herald had printed an article stating that some 430 patients in Australia who were implanted with the DePuy Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) hip implants had their device failing and had them suffering other complications.
An acknowledged danger for patients who have had metal-on-metal hip implants is Metallosis otherwise known as metal toxicity.
Every year thousands of people are required to go through total Hip Replacement surgery and the corresponding physical therapy required after the operation.
A hip replacement surgery is an invasive surgical procedure which involves the removal of the damaged and irreparable parts of the hip and replaced by an artificial hip replacement device.
The DePuy Articular Surface Replacement (ASR) accounts for 75 percent of the hip replacement complaints, according to an analysis done by the New York Times.
