In June 2008, plaintiff Kenneth Eichler underwent total hip replacement surgery and was implanted with the ASR System, a prosthetic device designed to replace a patient’s natural hip joint due to disease, deterioration or fracture.
Shortly after surgery – and as a result of the alleged defective nature of the prosthesis – a component of the device eventually loosened and detached internally, creating metal debris inside the plaintiff’s hip pocket. The lawsuit alleges that as a result of the device’s failure and the subsequent detachment and metal fragments, the plaintiff suffers excruciating pain and the inability to walk and is now advised to undergo painful revision surgeries. Those surgeries consist of either some or all of the ASR components being surgically removed or “explanted” from the patient’s body and replaced with new components.
