Stryker Pays Medical Expenses Of Injured Implant Patients

Stryker Orthopaedics pays for the hip revision surgery and other medical bills of patients who were implanted with the company's Rejuvenate and ABG II hip replacement systems. The said hip devices were recalled in 2012 due to problems with the modular neck of the implants. According to reports, the modular neck of the hip devices may corrode and thereby release tiny metal particles that can accumulate in the blood and tissue of patients.

According to Stryker's promotional materials, the Rejuvenate and ABG II hip replacement systems are immune to corrosion and fretting. Therefore, doctors were confident that nothing could go wrong. Unfortunately, recent reports say that a large number of patients have suffered complications associated with the hip replacement devices. Many of these injured individuals have filed Strykerhip lawsuits, claiming that the devices has design defects which caused the problems. To know more about the cases against Stryker Orthopaedics, injured patients can look for information on the websites of personal injury law firms, such as the Rottenstein Law Group's www.rotlaw.com.

The Complications Associated with Stryker's Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Replacement Systems

Based on several reports, implant patients with the Rejuvenate and ABG II hip replacement devices have developed severe complications after their hip replacement surgery. These complications include inflammation, severe pain, limited motion, fluid buildup, bone damage, and tissue necrosis. Moreover, some of these complications may lead to hip revision surgery.

The Rejuvenate and ABG II hip devices are metal-on-metal hip systems. Such hip devices have recently caught the attention of health regulators and the medical community. According to reports, metal-on-metal hip replacement systems have caused problems related to metal toxicity. To be precise, when the metal components of the hip devices scrape against each other, potentially harmful metallic ions are released in the blood of patients. These metal ions may have systemic effects on the nervous system or other parts of the body.

Stryker Pays for Medical Expenses of Injured Patients

Patients implanted with the faulty hip devices have spent a lot money on medical expenses and, in some cases, hip revision surgery. Moreover, reports say that some of these patients could not afford hip revision surgery, which is very expensive. Thus, due to lack of financial resources, these individuals have endured pain for a long time.

As a course of action, Stryker Orthopaedics contacted and formed a contract with an insurance company known as Broadspire. The insurance firm was tasked to pay for the medical expenses of injured implant patients with the Rejuvenate and ABG II hip replacement systems. Expenses covered by the firm include blood tests and hip revision surgery. Incidentally, Broadspire is the same insurance firm that is financing out of pocket expenses of the implant patients with the DePuy ASR hip replacement system that was recalled in 2010.