Stryker Corp, claims that DePuy’s, Wright Medical’s, Zimmer’s and Smith & Nephew’s hip replacement systems utilizing a dual-locking mechanism, all infringe on Stryker’s ‘243 patent. Howmedica Osteonics Corp. in New Jersey, and Stryker Ireland Ltd of Cork, Ireland, (Stryker) is suing DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Zimmer, Inc. and Smith & Nephew, Inc. [...]

This past Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) was in talks to purchase Swiss-based Synthes for about $20 billion. If Synthes and JNJ’s DePuy were to combine, the resulting firm would be the world’s largest orthopedic company with annual orthopedic shipments of around $9.3 billion. In market share terms, the combined [...]

If you watch television or read the newspapers, you know that practically every personal injury lawyer in the U.S. has been fishing for potential clients to sue DePuy over its recalled ASR XL Acetabular hip replacement system. The product was recalled in August 2010. Numerous lawsuits have been filed throughout various jurisdictions throughout the U.S. [...]

DePuy Spine debuted the company’s first lateral approach system at the recent North American Spine Society (NASS) meeting. And, there’s an app for that. The MIS Lateral Platform featuring the Cougar LS Cage System is a set of devices designed specifically for the lateral approach to minimally invasive spinal fusion. The company also introduced the [...]

* DePuy Orthopaedics recalls two hip replacement systems * ASR XL Acetabular, Hip Resurfacing systems recalled * More damage to J&J’s reputation seen * J&J shares slightly lower (Adds more analyst’s comment, updates stock prices) By Debra Sherman CHICAGO, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), whose consumer unit has been plagued by massive [...]