The CR-Flex, as noted above, was linked to a high failure rate according to a study published last year in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Some in the medical community are said to be calling for a Zimmer knee replacement recall of the Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex Porous Femoral component.Needless to say, lawsuits over failed or failure-prone medical devices are common after patients discover that the kind of rejuvenated movement promised by manufacturers of medical devices fails to materialize. Many patients of knee replacement systems by various manufacturers have been seen to trade reasonable expectation with constant pain and restricted movement.
Legal firms, in an effort to educate and inform patients outfitted with problematic medical devices about their options, will attempt to reach patients where they are—at the computer desk or sitting in front of the couch watching television.
According to the February 18 edition of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Zimmer has filed lawsuits against various legal firms alleging defamation, wrongful interference with business relationships and trademark infringement.
It was not specified by the Journal Gazette if the Zimmer NexGen Knee Replacement system identified in the advertising was the Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex Porous Femoral component. Documents were filed last month at US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
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Manufacturers of medical devices, in the rush to bring new products to market, can take advantage of a loophole in regulations observed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that save manufacturers from the requirement to undertake clinical trials if the new device is substantially similar to existing devices.
The manufacturer of Zimmer NexGen was reported to have eliminated an unspecified number of jobs at its orthopedics operation last month on the heels of fourth-quarter earnings coming in at 78 percent below Q4 results of the previous year.
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Cheryl Von Walker
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1. I was not informed I would receive any product other than this companies #1 knee replacement system that had been a 30 year time-tested product, BUT woke out out of helplessness to find he told my family he implanted a New, Better Knee System, for a Younger and Active Patient.
2. I was a 46 year old single woman dependent on self to be a high school Biology Teacher and a high school Basketball Coach requiring hours on end on my feet.
3. I have many documents of evidence showing the extortion and fraud committed especially the letter of Surgeon writing to Company that 'if only he would have cemented the macro-textured knee they would not have these problems, along with them having manipulated the dates of reporting the 3rd failure where this surgeon cancelled my surgery 3 times attempting to get this company to settle with me some money before he would take me in for surgery.'
4. I was left on hidden records from privilege logs that he lied and denied my last surgery plus cancellation of surgeries for over a time of August 11, 2004 to February 14, 2005.
5. Again my attorneys refused to give me any truth about this accuracy to the implant being actually Unapproved FDA. They only would say I had no chances to do more due to the recall.
You must have answered whether you were told you were getting the Un-Cemented Knee. Then the same as to whether the Surgeon as mine lied to also his request in fraud to my insurance company on what he was putting into my body. He requested for the approval of the #1 knee just as he told me. You must find that out in the insurance forms.
My attorneys also failed to disclose that information I handed to them along with my Surgeon Michael Williams who was paid by the company for these surgery of revisions and also he would keep billing my insurance for everything again, surgery, x-rays, office visits, etc. Surgeon, my attorneys and all refused to report this fraud I handed over to them with these copies when I had the companies copies of what they were saying they had paid on my behalf.
As patients you have to make sure you do not get screwed as I did because no one will take my case now to get the money I paid to all the fraud by these attorneys who slandered my name to actually represent the surgeon and the company. I was stolen from in more ways than can be named professionally.
I now receive fraud emails and even received what I know was a fraud post card about a 're-call' on bankruptcies during 2003-2007. Now how many of you have ever heard of that. I have kept that copy which was naming an attorneys name who was the same as this surgeons attorneys name. It was going to pay me $750 if I sent it in but I was out more than 550,000 and was not going to turn that in. I knew that card was proof and evidence that meant much more money.
I have evidence for all I have to say plus more. I am more than happy to speak to anyone in need of my help. My life was taken and the lack of honor and integrity has been deafening. I never imagined I would see this much cruelty in a modern world, my thought was God was too present in too many professionals to allow so many to just sit there and do nothing. I was wrong, but those who have not had raw bone and raw nerves and open wounds you do not know that this is a modern day holocaust and of course the years of silence then is even presence when there is every kind of cure right in our yards. It makes it bloody and disgusting arrogant.
May God Have Mercy On All Your Souls If You Just Sit There. Oklahoma Medical Board, Oklahoma Bar Association, Western District Bankruptcy Trustee, my attorneys, the attorney they billed me to screw me, my attorneys being paid as creditors when I had no creditors to claim anything except my attorneys signing the creditor claims themselves, the mediator who lied about I could not move on to a tril and win over a recall knowing it was not a recall, and the surgeon and the company he works for, Shame on all of you. senator Tom Coburn I asked you to open the door for me to speak with the Washington Committee and you lie saying you will not give me legal advise. No Dr. And Senator Tom Coburn I needed you help to also help many others, shame, shame on you.
I pray for changed hearts.
Cheryl