Are companies like the Stryker Corporation partially responsible?
Industry analysts, attorneys and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) think so and are looking at the same issue in the United States. Heres what each of them is saying: • Industry analysts. Industry analysts point to companies like the Stryker Corporation who recently recalled its line of Trident PSL and Hemispherical Acetabular Cups. This line of hip implants uses ceramic-on-ceramic components rather than metal-on-metal or metal-on-plastic components. Patients have complained about pain, difficulty in walking, pieces of the ceramic materials breaking off, wearing unevenly and squeaking (click here to listen to an actual squeaking hip.) • Attorneys. According to Doug Kreis, a Florida attorney whose firm is representing patients, doctors are simply feeding patients with the information that Stryker has told them. He explained, Doctors know that something is wrong, but thats all they know. Stryker often blames the doctors for implanting the products improperly and accuses them of m
