Sentence examples for hip system from inspiring English sources
We draw on the example of DePuy Orthopaedics' Articular Surface Replacement (ASR™) hip system to show systemic failure of medical implant governance in the United Kingdom (UK).
Together they gazed at the silvery ball-and-cup assembly identified as the Durom hip system.
The MIHR International® Metal on Metal hip system was introduced in 2009 by Comis Orthopaedics.
Matuszak SJ, Galea VP, Connelly JW, Christiansen J, Muratoglu O, Malchau H. Periprosthetic acetabular radiolucency progression in mid-term follow-up of the articular surface replacement hip system.
US and Belgium_based Engineered Pressure Systems has sold a hot isostatic press (HIP) system to a customer in Taiwan.
More than 400 surgeons in the United States have now been trained to use Smith & Nephew's product, which is known as the Birmingham Hip System.
Implant applications can involve impact loading during useful life and medical installation, such as hip systems, bone anchors and cranial prostheses.
Some nonstemmed hip systems have been developed to avoid stress shielding and aseptic loosening, which are major drawbacks of stemmed hip arthroplasty.
Despite the potential advantages of hip systems using increased modularity, these component designs also offer a greater number of junctions through which problems may occur.
For example, Zimmer Holdings, one of this country's biggest producers of artificial joints, said in a statement that published data "suggests that ion release levels from Zimmer's metal-on-metal hip systems are commensurate with other metal-on-metal systems in the industry, and are not associated with significant risk to patients".
However, official notices about problems with the DePuy ASR™ were limited to guidance on positioning during surgery (MHRA [Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency] [2010a]) until August 2010 when DePuy Orthopaedics issued a global recall of all ASR™ XL and ASR™ hip systems (DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. [2010], [MHRA 2010d]).
