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	Latest News on Lawsuits Involving Injuries from Defective Medical Devices
	Wright Profemur Hip System
	According to 2009 data reported by the Australian Orthopaedic Association, Wright Profemur stems demonstrated an 11.2% failure rate at three years following the surgery to implant them. This means more than one in every nine patients who received the Wright implants experienced serious problems within only a few years of their hip replacement surgery. It is important to note that a number of Wright implant patients have reported that their hip devices fractured, broke, degraded or otherwise failed during normal use. Problems are not limited to situations where unusual activity or stress was placed on the implant.
	DePuy Pinnacle
	May 24, 2011—The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced that it would consolidate all federal cases alleging injuries from the DePuy Pinnacle hip device in the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas. Judge James Kinkeade has been selected to oversee the consolidated cases, which includes at least 57 actions filed against DePuy Orthopaedics. Future cases filed in federal court, or removed to federal court, will be transferred to the district court in Texas.
	DePuy ASR Hip Devices
	August 24, 2010—Johnson & Johnson's joint replacement business, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., announced a voluntary recall of the DePuy ASR™ XL Acetabular System hip replacement following a report published in Great Britain which revealed that about one in every eight patients required corrective surgery within five years of implantation. Specifically, the revision rate for the ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System is 12 percent and for the ASR™ XL Acetabular System is 13 percent.
	Cold Therapy Systems
	Cold Therapy devices are prescribed by physicians to minimize swelling and reduce pain following surgery. Cold Therapy most commonly is used following orthopedic surgery. The device is intended to be used by patients at home. Patients are provided with little to no instruction regarding proper use of the device and the warnings are inadequate. The Cold Therapy systems lack a shut-off or alarm mechanism that would prevent the device from running too long or too cold. As a result, people using Cold Therapy may use the device for too long which can result in serious and permanent injuries.
	Cypher Stents
	October 24, 2006—Data presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference revealed that drug-coated stents create a higher risk of blood clots when compared to traditional metal stents. The researchers examined approximately 1,800 patients implanted with the Boston Scientific Taxus Stent and another 3,500 patients implanted with Johnson & Johnson's Cypher Stent. The data revealed that the Taxus Stent caused a 0.4 percent risk of blood clot, compared to a 0.6 percent risk with the Cypher stent. Researchers noted that stent-related blood clots have a 70 percent chance of causing a major heart attack or death.

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