The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for osteoarthritis patients, a device made by Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics unit, the ...

DANBURY -- In his job as a custodian at Trumbull High School, David Bunnell has learned this one immutable law. "Whenever they call you, the call would be the farthest place from where I was,'' he ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration approved the premarket approval application of Stryker Howmedica Osteonics’ patented Trident ceramic acetabular insert. The approval makes this ceramic-on ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on June 13 the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for patients with ...

PRAGUE — Rates of audible squeaking are higher in uncemented ceramic-on-ceramic bearings used in total hip replacement than in ceramic-on-ceramic hybrid bearings, new research shows. There is wide ...

TONICA, Ill. (AP) David Nagel was determined to play through his bad hip and push his sunken bowling average back into the 180s. But the 55-year-old Tonica man had underestimated the arthritis that ...

A federal court has cleared the way for CoorsTek to begin marketing a special pink ceramic device used in hip transplants. The U.S. District Court for the district of Colorado ruled earlier this month ...

While it's not uncommon for older people to get total hip replacements, doctors now often go with hip resurfacing implants for younger patients who have conditions such as osteoarthritis. The devices ...

Ceramic materials are good candidates for medical implants thanks to stellar biocompatibility and resistance to wear. Alumina, zirconia, and other ceramics have successfully withstood the harsh ...

Chan said Jones is one of the youngest patients to have a hip replacement in South Florida. The team performing the procedure had to move all the special adult equipment to Joe DiMaggio Children’s ...

June 14, 2011 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for patients with osteoarthritis. Previous total hip replacement systems ...