Defective medical devices
My aunt tells me that she needs to have one of her hips replaced. She is very concerned about it because she had heard that there were medical issues on zimmer durom cup devices that were used for hip replacement in the recent past. I told her that I would look into it for her and see what I could find out. I found out that there are a lot of durom lawyers that are involved in some durom lawsuits because the Zimmer Company did in fact make some defective devices that have a lot of problems for some patients.
I told her that I didn’t think that she needed to worry about it, though, because those devices were used primarily in younger people who had longer life expectancies; I don’t think that her doctor would be using that device on her. But I told her that if she was worried about it that she should talk to her doctor about it and find out exactly what device he is going to use. I suggested that she take my sister with her (she’s a nurse) if she was afraid to ask question; I’m sure my sister would help her to ask all of the right questions to settle her nerves.