Defective Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Replacements Devices

On July 22, 2008, Zimmer Holdings, Inc. announced it was removing its Durom Cup hip replacement component from the U.S. market. Zimmer’s decision to recall the Durom Cup came after a prominent surgeon complained that the device was failing at an unusually high rate, forcing patients to have replacement surgery.

Zimmer began selling the Durom Cup in the United States in 2006. The device has been implanted in approximately 13,000 patients. While Zimmer said it believes the total number of these patients that would require replacement surgery would be low, doctors believe hundreds of these patients will need replacements.

Dr. Lawrence Dorr, an orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles, issued a public warning about Zimmer’s Durom Cup in April, 2008. Dr. Dorr said he stopped using the device in 2007, and believes the Durom Cup is poorly designed. As a result of Dr. Dorr’s criticism, Zimmer began an investigation in to the device, but said it didn’t see a reason to halt sales.

Part of the company’s justification for not halting sales was encouraging European data on the device. However, Zimmer failed to disclose that the version of the device used outside of the United States is slightly different than the one used here, making the data irrelevant.

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