STRYKER SETTLES FINAL METAL-ON-METAL HIP LAWSUITS (Orthopedics This Week)
Stryker Corporation is putting lawsuits over its Rejuvenate Modular-Neck hip stem and ABG II Modular-Neck hip stem in the rearview mirror.
On May 8, 2017, the company announced that 95% of additional registered eligible patients have enrolled in the Settlement Program under the Master Settlement Agreement announced in December 2016.
The 2016 Settlement Program follows an initial 2014 Settlement Program that covered patients who had a revision surgery prior to November 3, 2014. In that initial program, over 95% of eligible patients also enrolled.
At the end of 2014 Stryker and lawyers representing patients suing the company settled the claim for approximately $1.4 to $2.3 billion.
Stryker voluntarily conducted a worldwide recall of the products in July 2012. More than 20, 000 patients across the country received the implant. The first of the lawsuits against Stryker was filed a month after the recall.
Metal-on-Metal Hips
Metal-on-metal hips have been very controversial after foreign registries showed higher than normal failure rates. On May 6, 2011, the FDA stated that there are “unique risks” for metal-on-met...
