The popularity of the knee replacement surgery, currently the most popular elective surgery within the U.S., has created a high demand for knee implant products, such as the OtisKnee implant.

However, many knee implant manufacturers are currently facing knee replacement lawsuits and knee replacement class action lawsuits filed by numerous patients, who allege they underwent knee replacement surgery and later suffered serious injuries from the allegedly defective knee implants.

Many of these knee replacement lawsuits further allege that because of the defective knee implant, they are left in a worse physical condition than they were prior to the knee replacement surgery.

Older knee implants and other artificial joint replacements are expected to last 15 years or more before a patient is expected to undergo a revision surgery. However, according to recent knee replacement lawsuits, the newest knee implant models are not just less durable than traditional knee implants but are allegedly defective and likely to fail.

According to various reports and knee replacement lawsuits, the knee replacements systems that have higher than normal revision rates when compared to other knee implant products in the artificial implant market include:

• OtisKnee
• Zimmer NexGen
• Zimmer Natural Knee System
• Stryker Scorpio
• Smith & Nephew OXINIUM
• DePuy Sigma
• DePuy LCS Complete
• DePuy LPS

The manufacturers of the above named knee implant products are facing allegations that they rushed their products into the artificial implant market without performing proper testing and instead focused on meeting the demand of the aging population.

Knee Replacement Complications

Numerous medical reports claim that common injuries and complications experienced by multiple knee replacement victims include:

• Premature loosening
• Severe pain
• Inflammation and swelling
• Limited mobility
• Infection
• Bone, join, muscle or neurological damage

All of the alleged knee replacement complications cause the patient to suffer physical, mental, and emotional anguish.

OtisKnee Replacement Complications and Possible Knee Replacement Litigation

OtisMed Corporation, the manufacturer of the knee implant OtisKnee, has recently come under fire for alleged complications associated with their product. According to OtisMed advertisements, the OtisKnee implant was specifically designed to aid surgeons in matching the size and placement of a knee implant to the individual patient. The OtisKnee’s design allowed a surgeon to measure and create a custom fit for each individual patient’s natural alignment.

According to reports, the OtisKnee’s design would allow a patient to retain more of his or her own ligaments and bones, thus allowing for a better fit and alignment of the knee replacement product. Ultimately, the OtisKnee’s custom fit would ideally lead to a quicker recovery and allow patients to experience a more “natural” knee feeling when walking.

However, according to consumer complaints, many patients began to experience sharp pain and other knee implant complications after being implanted with the OtisKnee product. The resulting pain and complications forced these OtisKnee patients to undergo a revision surgery to remove and replace the allegedly defective knee implant.

Additionally, during the 2014 year, it was discovered that OtisMed did not seek or receive clearance from the FDA for their cutting guides before the product was placed on the artificial implant market.  In December of the same year, OtisMed pled guilty to willfully distributing adulterated medical devices and agreed to pay $80 million in federal fines for these criminal charges.

According to reports conducted by the Justice Department, over 18,000 OtisKnee devices were sold illegally without FDA approval between 2006 and 2009. As a result, there are thousands of patients who have already filed or may consider filing an OtisKnee lawsuit or joining a knee replacement class action lawsuit against OtisMed or other knee implant manufacturers.