Received a Defective Depuy Hip Replacement? Contact the Injury Attorneys of Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A. Today
In August of 2010, Johnson & Johnson/DePuy recalled the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and the ASR XL Acetabular System because of complications associated with the defective metal-on-metal design.

August 18, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In 2005, Johnson & Johnson received special permission from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fast-track its Depuy ASR hip replacement system, bypassing clinical trials of the replacement hip and making the device available to hip replacement patients throughout the United States. Within five years, in August of 2010, Johnson & Johnson/DePuy recalled the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and the ASR XL Acetabular System because of complications associated with the defective metal-on-metal design.

A hip replacement is major surgery that involves a lengthy recovery and rehabilitation period, but the promise being able to return to normal life activities has encouraged many to trust in the companies that create artificial joints and the doctors and surgeons that use them.

Symptoms that may have signaled that it was time to consider hip replacement surgery may include pain in the hip that:

- Kept you up at night or wakes you up during the night
- Limited necessary activities, like climbing stairs or getting out of bed
- Limited activities done for pleasure, including walking

The defective hip implant attorneys of Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A., are all too familiar with the DePuy line of hip replacement systems. The metal-on-metal structure of the hip joint has meant that many who've received a DePuy hip have had to undergo a second surgery to fix or replace the joint, have suffered blood or tissue poisoning from the metal shavings that slough off of the defective design and have suffered an amount of pain that was unanticipated when the original surgery was undertaken. All this because DePuy raced to bring a defective product to the market, forgoing clinical trials, and further injuring those who were already dealing with an immense amount of hip pain.

Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A., located in Southern Florida, will represent clients throughout the United States who thought they were getting a chance at a pain-free life when they underwent hip replacement surgery. But after receiving a DePuy hip joint, those hopeful patients are instead faced with more pain, more trips to the doctor and additional surgery. When companies promise one result, but provide another, the lawyers of Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A. stand up for those who have been injured by a defective product.

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