You could qualify to receive a portion of a DePuy hip replacement settlement if you have undergone hip revision surgery for an ASR hip implant since March 2015.

Nearly half a million Americans have undergone hip replacement surgery, which could have included Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy ASR hip implant. The allegedly defective and failed metal-on-metal artificial hip components have generated thousands of lawsuits since a massive recall was announced in August 2010.

Any patient who has undergone hip replacement revision surgery due to a failed system may benefit from the DePuy hip replacement settlement if you had any of the following issues:

• A dislocated hip
• Implant failure requiring early revision surgery
• High levels of toxic chromium or cobalt in the blood stream
• Cancer
• Degenerative heart disease
• Brittle bones or loss of bone strength, leading to fractures
• Tissue death of tissue surrounding the implant
• Non-cancerous tumors or pseudotumors near the site of the implant
• Cobalt or chromium poisoning from metal ions leaching into blood and tissue

If you suffered from any of those maladies as a result of your failed hip implant, you could receive DePuy hip replacement settlement payments for your medical expenses, time from work, lost wages, pain, suffering and other unexpected hardships. If your failed DePuy hip implant resulted in revision surgery since March 2015, you could benefit from this newest DePuy hip replacement settlement.

Because the DePuy ASR system consisted of components made of different metals, tiny metal shavings can shed due to the normal wear and tear on the joint. These small pieces of cobalt and chromium can work their way into the nearby tissue where they fester, resulting in pseudotumors.

The body “sees” the metal shavings as invading organisms and tries to rid the body of the shavings by sending fluid to flush them out. The result is swelling and inflammation that places more pressure on the metals. Eventually, the metal ions can leach into the blood stream, causing metal poisoning.

The metal poisoning, also known as metallosis, can cause degenerative heart disease, impaired renal function or thyroid dysfunction.

DePuy Hip Replacement Settlement Echoes Pinnacle Implant Problems

Incredulously, the problems with DePuy’s ASR hip implant system are nearly the same as those that were reported with its predecessor, the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant system. Even though Pinnacle had myriad issues because of metal-on-metal consequences, the ASR’s design was based on the failed Pinnacle design.

A memo was found that indicates management knew what was coming. An internal Johnson & Johnson memo said that the company knew 40 percent of patients who had the ASR hip implant placed would require a revision surgery in just five years.

The largest DePuy hip replacement settlement payments are projected to reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The clock is ticking to file your claim. If you have received hip revision surgery since March 2015 for a failed ASR hip implant, don’t let this DePuy hip replacement settlement pass you by.