DePuy isn’t the only manufacturer whose negligence has delivered defective replacement surgery implants to Americans. Zimmer, also based in Indiana, also has produced and sold thousands of defective medical devices for hip and knee implant surgery.
Zimmer, known as Zimmer Holdings, sold a Zimmer hip implant known as the Durom Cup Zimmer hip implant for two years, from 2006-2008, for hip replacement surgery. Zimmer also has sold a Zimmer knee implant known as a Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex knee implant since 2003 -- and still sells it for knee replacement surgery, despite its clear defects.
In fact, Zimmer has sold 150,000 of its potentially defective knee implants so far. And with a projected failure rate of 10 to 11 per cent, 15,000 or more Americans may suffer a failure of their Zimmer knee implant.
Zimmer sold fewer of its Zimmer hip implants -- about 12,000 copies -- before yanking that product from the market in 2008. That Zimmer recall was a tacit admission of its defective medical device's failures.
Whether for a Zimmer knee implant or for a Zimmer hip implant, such failures tend to involve a loosening of the joint placed in the body. This leads to discomfort if not pain and often limits mobility more than before the hip implant surgery or knee implant surgery.
Zimmer’s victims thus will need a corrective surgery, or revision surgery, to replace their defective hip replacement or knee replacement. Such surgery can be difficult, painful and expensive, and victims should not have to endure it a short time after their initial hip implant or knee implant. Such devices are supposed to last for up to 15 years.
Since they do not, victims must assert their legal right to fair and just financial compensation from the negligent manufacturer whose failures caused them harm. That means seeking a hip implant lawsuit or knee implant lawsuit to recover such damages.
The nationwide attorney service of DePuy-Hip-Surgery-Lawsuit.com can provide such legal assistance across America. Those needing a hip replacement surgery lawsuit or knee replacement surgery lawsuit need only contact us via our website’s free case evaluation form (all information is kept private) or by calling 1-800-332-9988. Then the burden shifts from the innocent victim to their personal injury attorney -- and on to Zimmer itself.
Yet justice can be served and financial compensation can be gained only if victims seek legal action within the parameters of their state’s statutes of limitations. That’s why it’s vital that they contact DePuy-Hip-Surgery-Lawsuit.com promptly to ensure that they claim their legal rights in a timely manner. Then Zimmer can be held accountable for its failures, and victims can recover from the financial losses that they have endured.
