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Ennis & Ennis, P.A. outlines the findings of a recent metal hip investigation performed by the British Medical Journal and BBC Newsnight. (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 Poorly regulated and potentially dangerous metal hip implants may have exposed hundreds of thousands of patients to toxic substances, reveals a British Medical Journal (BMJ)/ BBC Newsnight investigation. According to this investigation, the failure rates of resurfacing in women and of metal-on-metal total hip replacements in...

SAN ANTONIO, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Arthritic hips and knees are replaced all the time--but did you know that arthritic ankles can also be replaced? In fact, ankle replacements in the U.S. more than doubled last year, thanks in part to technological advances in ankle implants (prostheses). Surgeons are discussing this burgeoning procedure at the Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) in San Antonio, Texas. Total...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Belt Technologies, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing the next generation of "smart" surgical instruments providing precise robotic control for use initially in orthopedic procedures and then for other surgical specialties including neurosurgery, spinal and otolaryngology ("ENT"), announced today that it has received CE Mark for the Navio(TM) PFS System. The Company's initial market application in Europe is for...

The US Drug Watchdog is now calling its defective metal-on-metal hip implant initiative the potential largest medical device failure ever. The group believes the metal-on-metal hip implant issue is going to involve most metal-on metal suppliers to US recipients, and they say, "We think the numbers of failed metal-on-metal hip implant recipients in the United States will be in the 100,000's, and we intend to do our best to identify everyone of them, to insure they get the absolute...

Daily Hot Topics and News Summaries SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) takes place this week at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco. Each day, the public relations department will send the most newsworthy components of the meeting. To schedule an interview about any of the topics below, contact AAOS public relations. Media Highlights: Video-Based Home Exercise Can...

A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought to be the largest archive of failed joint replacements, the research should help doctors develop a better hip replacement for future patients. The study will be reported at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Feb. 7-11. "This paper...

IRVINE, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Corentec Co., Ltd., a leading medical device technology company in Asia, and based in South Korea, today announced that the Company is now offering its orthopedic products in the U.S. with the launch of Corentec America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Seoul-based Company. The announcement was made on opening day of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in San Francisco....

WINFIELD, Ill., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients with hip and knee replacements can now determine over time how the implant is interacting with their body thanks to a new tracking system being used by Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (MOR) physicians. Drs. Scott Sporer and Wayne Paprosky, MOR hip and knee orthopaedic surgeons, are the first in the country to implant all compliant patients with radiostereometric analysis (RSA) beads, which monitor if a replacement implant is...

Lubricant in devices found to be graphite, not proteins A new study, bringing together an interdisciplinary team of physicians and engineers from the United States and Germany, made a surprising finding about implants used in hip replacement surgery: Graphite carbon is a key element in the lubricating layer that forms on metal-on-metal hip implants. The lubricant has more in common with the lubrication of a combustion engine than that of a natural joint. The study was funded by the...

FDA-initiated International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) will work to develop an infrastructure for enhanced safety monitoring Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) in October 2010. As outlined in a Dec. 21 special online supplement in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, ICOR is in the process of developing a...