Zimmer Hip Cup Manufacturer: 'Not Our Fault'
Faced with a large number of failures of the Zimmer Durom Cup hip replacement, Zimmer Holdings' response was to deny responsibility. They blamed the orthopedic surgeons who used the Zimmer hip cup. The defect was in the doctors, not our product, Zimmer said.
The truth is that Zimmer pushed the sales of the hip replacement without explaining how to implant them. Doctors with years of experience doing hip replacement surgeries were not provided with the proper training.
Girardi | Keese is leading litigation against Zimmer.
The personal injury attorneys at our California law firm have researched the history of the Zimmer hip cup and its defects. We have talked with medical experts and orthopedic surgeons and we have interviewed many of the patients who have suffered pain from the Zimmer hip cup replacement.
Because the Zimmer hip cup replacement was an evolution of a previous Zimmer hip replacement product, it went through an expedited FDA approval process. The company was able to quickly bring a new product to market without rigorous testing and review. Such testing would have revealed the Zimmer hip cup defect — lack of appropriate training for doctors.
The Zimmer hip cup defect led to increased pain for hip replacement patients.
The Zimmer hip cup was brought to the U.S. market in 2006. Failures began to be apparent almost immediately. In 2008, the FDA suspended sales and Zimmer began the surgical training process that should have started years sooner before the first Zimmer hip cup was sold.
The company did the wrong thing — and still does not want to make it right.
With the help of many orthopedic surgeons who have helped us understand the Zimmer hip cup problem, our lawyers are prepared to take Zimmer Holdings to court. They have yet to take responsibility for the impact on patients. They do not want to pay for their mistakes.
For more information on the Zimmer hip replacement lawsuit, contact us for a consultation.
