1.   Alameda County has so many cases because Reynolds, who uses Sulzer hip implants almost exclusively, has such a large practice.

2.   Eight hundred suits have been filed on behalf of patients who got hip implants contaminated with traces of oil that prevented them from bonding with their own bone.

3.   For the sandpaper designers, microreplication resulted in a tough product that manufacturers now use to polish golf clubs, hip implants and other metal items.

4.   The company said last month it might not have enough insurance to cover its soaring liability over the hip implants.

5.   Ceramic is smoother than materials typically used in hip implants and is believed to last longer.

6.   HBO boxing host Jim Lampley filed suit Wednesday against the company that manufactured an artificial hip implant the sportscaster says has kept him in constant pain for a year.

7.   The faulty Inter-Op hip implants were made by Sulzer Orthopedics Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of the Swiss medical technology company Sulzer Medica.

8.   Sulzer said Monday it had reached an agreement with former subsidiary Sulzer Medica exempting it from claims related to the ongoing hip implant recall outside the existing settlement agreement.