The company posted a recall of the ASR 100 and 300 series Acetabular hip implant cups sizes 44mm to 70mm on the FDA website on July 17. The recall includes the ASR Hip Resurfacing system and the ASR XL Acetabular System.
DePuy Orthopaedics issued an Urgent Safety Notice to physicians in March warning of high revision rates in patients receiving the system and announced at that time the company would withdraw the implant from the market at the end of 2010. Reports of the metal-on-metal interface creating metal debris which caused inflammation of the surrounding tissue prompted the Notice.
Read the Gregg J Borri Law Offices release on the DePuy recall.
Read more coverage on DePuy Orthopaedics:
– DePuy Launches Knee-Joint Implant
– DePuy Spine Launches EXPEDIUM Vertebral Body Derotation Instrument Set
