What You Should Know About The DePuy Recall

The announcement of the DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. of the voluntary DePuy recall of two of their Hip Replacement system, namely the ASR XL acetabular system and the ASR hip resurfacing system has become one of the biggest issues in the medical field.

The DePuy recall is due to the high revision rate of their two products. The data shoed that five years after the implant, there has been about 12% of the patient who have been implanted by the DePuy ASR resurfacing system can be subject to a revision surgery and 13% of the patients who had received the DePuy ASR XL acetabular system can also be subject to another surgery. The revision surgery means that the device implanted on your body will be taken off and replaced by another device.

The two defective devices was manufactured and marketed on July 2003. So there is a probability that those patients who had their hip replacement surgery on or before the said date can be subject to the DePuy recall. There are about 93,000 individuals around the world that has been implanted by the said devices.

If you are one of the patients who have could have been implanted by the DePuy hip replacement system, or has a loved one that could probably have the defective device, the first thing to do is to contact your surgeon or your physician and ask if you received a DePuy hip replacement device.

If you are certain that you have been implanted by one, the next step will be seeking legal advises from good hip recall lawyers. They will provide you with all the necessary information about your legal rights and may even help you get the proper compensation you deserve for the physical and emotional disturbances caused to you by the defective hip replacement systems.

There are lots of patients that already got the compensation they deserve from the manufacturing company of the defective hip replacement systems that they received, all of these are because of the assistance of the physician and the lawyers who helped them preserve all the necessary evidences that there was really a defect in the product.

If you are subject to the DePuy recall, it is advised that you act as soon as possible because the state only allows a certain period of time for the legal actions against the manufacturing company of defective hip replacement systems and other devices.