An Estimated 93,000 Depuy Hip Implants Patients In Danger

WASHINGTON, DC, Dec 15, 2010 /NewsRelease/ – Initial information from the new National Hip Replacement Registry database suggests that only 60% of Depuy hip implant patients happen to be notified of the current Depuy hip recall. With an estimated 93,000 Depuy hip implants patients in danger this would indicate that thousands do not know about this main recall and could be in danger.

Depuy hip implants patients at risk

In addition, less than 10% of those reporting Depuy hip implants have requested consultations with hip recall attorneys which might indicate they are satisfied with the outreach and settlements being offered by Depuy or they are not aware that lawsuits are now being filed against Depuy for that recalled Hip Replacement Implant. These Depuy ASR Hip Recall Lawsuits that are being filed considered the country are now consolidated for litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. These lawsuits allege that DePuy and Johnson & Johnson didn’t adequately research their metal-on-metal hip replacement without success to immediately issue a recall after it became apparent that users were experiencing a higher-than-expected rate of problems with the Depuy Hip replacement product.

All Depuy Hip implant patients no matter if they have already been contacted by their Surgeon are urged to register with theNational Hip Replacement Registry. Registering would allow for automated communications and information concerning health-related issues and news detailing all hip warnings and recalls that may impact these hips implant patients.

How To Register Your Hip Replacement Now

In addition to registering patients who might be involved with the recent Depuy Hip Recall, the National Hip Replacement Registry is also serving as an information clearing house for those Hip replacement and implant products such as those manufactured by Stryker and Zimmer.

With over close to tens of thousands of hip implants performed over the last five years the National Hip Replacement Registry hopes to be able to reach 80% of them in the next 12 months.

National Hip Replacement Registry can be found at http://www.HipRecallRegistry.com and was created to better communicate critical information regarding recall and warning both mandatory and voluntary from the FDA and Hip Manufactures and legal experts. Information in the Hip recall Registry isn’t guaranteed to be accurate since the sample size is very limited. The Hip Recall Registry is not associated with any Hip Manufacture or Government Agency.

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