Category Archives: Press Releases / Newsroom

There has been a great deal of controversy in the past year about the recall of Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopedics hip. We want our patients to know that the Kennedy Center has never used the DePuy hip implants for total hip replacement or hip resurfacing. The Kennedy Center uses the Taperloc femoral component, which […]

The Taperlock Femoral Component, which was developed at the Kennedy Center in Oshkosh, is the most successful hip replacement used in the world today. Originally developed by Dr. William Kennedy, the hip replacement system has been refined and improved over the past 17 years by the Kennedy Center’s medical director, Jeffrey McLaughlin, MD. According to […]