The Wright Profemur hip implant system has been named in another lawsuit after an Arizona woman had to undergo revision surgery just three years after being implanted with the defective medical device.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Virginia M. Welch of Mesa, Arizona, is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, said Digital Journal. The complaint alleges that Welch received her Wright Profemur Z implant in February 2006. Intense pain led to medical evaluations that confirmed the device’s acetabular cup loosed and rotated about 90 degrees from its original implant position, explained Digital Journal. The complaint alleges defective design and manufacture and that the device maker never warned of the device’s potential defects and risks, said Digital Journal. (more…)
