Sentences with phrase «prosthetic knee and hip»

Some of the more common devices include heart valves, pacemakers, prosthetic knee and hip devices, ventilators,...

The painful, degenerative process of bone destruction is a major cause of longtime suffering and the leading indication for prosthetic knee and hip replacement surgery.

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While numerous studies have quantified the incidence rate of TKR and THR and in the U.S., there is very little information about the number of patients actually living with a prosthetic knee or hip.

Defects can occur during the manufacturing process (recently a manufacturer of medical devices was held liable for hip and knee prosthetic devices that were manufactured with an improper oil coating) or they can occur when the product is designed (for example, the Ford Pinto that was improperly designed with the exploding gas tank).