DePuy issued a recall for a defective product, the DePuy ASR Hip Replacement, on August 26^th 2010. The product recall applies to both the ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System.

If you or a loved one has suffered injury due to hip replacement products manufactured by DePuy, please seek the advice to a personal injury attorney to find out whether or not you are able to collect compensation for your damages.

More Information about the Use of Hip Implants
Hip implant surgery, also known as hip replacement surgery, has become more and more common, especially in California. The importance of staying active as you grow older has been widely promoted for years. People are taking this advice to heart. As the population ages, now they want to maintain this higher level of activity. Higher activity levels mean more injuries. This has boosted the occurrences of having this hip implant surgery.

California has been especially susceptible to this because the state places an incredible amount of importance on activity and the availability of attractions that promote activity. There is skiing, hiking, wide expanses of beach to walk and all sorts of other outdoor activities. California even advertises its vast resources and the availability of the types of activity.

People choose to have hip replacement surgery for different reasons; sometimes it's because of an injury like broken hip or fracture. Although ultimately, people choose them so they can maintain mobility. Some make this choice to maintain limited mobility, while others want to stay active through their older years.

Californians have been shown to make this choice earlier. They have opted to have these surgeries earlier in life, before their problems become debilitating. This poses problems for the implant. It has to hold up to more stress and activity for a longer period of time. Added use has led to an increase in failure rate.

The failure of a hip can be devastating to anyone. But it is most devastating to the person that truly enjoys the active life. Just imagine being able to do all the activities that you have always enjoyed; tennis, hiking, swimming, skiing, etc. Then, imagine not being able to do those things because of the failure of a device that you had trusted to last. They did not choose to use this implant on a whim. This product was marketed to target active people. It offered a greater range of motion than other similar products. Because of this extended motion, many people have had this implant and many have had failure of the unit. Causing them a lot of pain and suffering that they did not have to go through. It can also drastically diminish the quality of life that the patient has.