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The theory behind the all-metal hip implant was to allow those younger hip implant recipient patients to be able to go for a longer period of time before they were required to undergo revision surgery. The prior hip implant designs were primarily made from ceramic and polyethylene, and while these materials exhibited a reasonable success rate, they simply did not last long enough, with a typical length of time before revision surgery being approximately 8-10 years. The all-metal hip implants were expected to last almost double that amount of time, making them an exciting, innovative new development in hip implants. Problems soon began to arise with the metal-on-metal hip implants, with several models being recalled due to the risk of metallosis.

HOUSTON, TX—A Los Angeles jury awarded Loren Kransky, a 65-year old retired prison guard from Montana, $8.3 million dollars today for the damages he suffered from a defective hip implant. The implant was manufactured by DePuy Orthopedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. The device, anASR XL metal-on-metal hip implant, was recalled by DePuy in 2010 after a significant number of implant recipients suffered early device failure and metal toxicity. It is estimated that over 90,000 of the recalled devices were implanted worldwide.While the metal-on-metal implants were expected to last from 10-20 years, one in eight recipients of the DePuy ASR implant required replacement surgery within five years.

 

As one more in a long line of metal-on-metal hip implants to be plagued with recipient problems, the Biomet M2A Magnum first became available in October of 2004. The design of the Biomet M2A was meant to maximize mobility, minimize friction and offer a variety of size ranges to allow surgeons to more precisely fit the implant to the specific anatomy of each patient. Unfortunately, Biomet’s design has been found to have many of the same risks as other metal-on-metal hip implants such as metallosis, nerve and tissue damage in the area surrounding the implant, bone loss and loosening of the device which contributes to hip dislocation.

DePuy Orthopedics, along with their parent company, Johnson & Johnson, issued a recall of their ASR XL Acetabular Hip System, along with the ASR Hip Resurfacing System in August of 2010. This recall was implemented following a flurry of adverse event reports among recipients of one of these two hip implants. At the time of the recall DePuy and Johnson and Johnson acknowledged that the ASR XL and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System had a higher-than-expected rate of failure—as much as 12% within a short time after implantation. At the time of the recall, DePuy stated that the ASR could loosen or misalign and that recipients of the ASR were at a higher risk for infection, bone fracture, dislocation, metallosis, metal toxicity and pain.