The status of DePuy
Orthopaedics’ ASR platform as Feb. 2010
*Last fall of 2009, DePuy decided to discontinue ASR® XL
Acetabular Head System and DePuy
ASR® Hip Resurfacing Platform (not available in the U.S.)
worldwide. As a result of declining demand for the ASR
platform and other market factors, DePuy is in the process
of phasing out this platform to focus on the development of
next generation hip replacement and resurfacing technologies
that best meet the needs of surgeons and patients.
DePuy wants to assure patients who have been treated with a
device from the ASR platform that there will be options
available to them in the future should they need a revision:
· If a patient who had received the DePuy ASR® XL Acetabular
Head System for total hip replacement requires a revision
surgery, the acetabular component could be revised with the
Pinnacle Hip Solutions platform, which would be compatible
with an existing well-fixed femoral stem.
· As with any hemi-resurfacing prosthesis, including the
DePuy ASR® hemi arthroplasty, a patient requiring a revision
procedure would generally be treated with a total hip
replacement.
· For patients outside the U.S. treated with DePuy ASR® Hip
Resurfacing (not commercially available in the U.S.), DePuy
intends to maintain an inventory of ASR XL heads outside the
U.S. for use on compatible DePuy femoral stems. This will
allow surgeons outside the U.S. the option of retaining a
well-fixed ASR Cup when appropriate as part of the revision
procedure.
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