Biomet Hip Replacements | 合法醫療器材資訊網

TheM2aMagnumhipimplantproductscontainedproblematicmetal-on-metaldesigns.TheM2aMagnumcausedavarietyofcomplications,includingmetallosis, ...

Orthopedic manufacturer Zimmer bought Biomet for $13.4 billion in 2014. The new company, Zimmer Biomet, became one of the leaders in the hip replacement market in 2016.

Before the acquisition, Indiana-based Biomet Orthopedics was a medical device manufacturer specializing in surgical hip, knee, shoulder and other joint replacement products. However, at the time of Zimmer’s purchase Biomet was facing a number of lawsuits.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration received hundreds of reports from doctors and patients detailing M2a Magnum-caused complications. Thousands of patients filed lawsuits because of adverse effects of Biomet’s metal-on-metal hip products.

Recently, the U.S. Court Of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that there was sufficient evidence of “willful and wanton disreg...