Boston Scientific challenges Nevro patent
May 12, 2015 by Brad Perriello
Nevro Corp. yesterday vowed to “vigorously defend” 1 of its patents against a pair of challenges from Boston Scientific.
Nevro’s Senza device, which won pre-market approval from the FDA last week, is designed to deliver up to 10,000Hz to the spinal cord, allowing it to avoid the tingling sensation known as paresthesia that bothers some patients. Read more
Boston Scientific settles mesh lawsuit
May 12, 2015 by Brad Perriello
Boston Scientific reportedly agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was injured by 1 of the company’s transvaginal mesh devices, which have been the target of more than 26,000 product liability lawsuits.
The confidential settlement was reached yesterday, a week after a trial began in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, according to plaintiff’s attorney Jim Perdue of Perdue & Kidd, Reuters reported. Read more
Feds clear Masimo in Pronto, Pronto-7 probe
May 13, 2015 by Brad Perriello
Masimo said yesterday that federal prosecutors cleared the company and its employees in a probe launched last year into some of its patient monitoring devices.
Almost exactly a year ago, Irvine, Calif.-based Masimo said the office of the U.S. attorney for central California issued a subpoena requesting “documents related to our Pronto and Pronto-7 products.” Read more
Seattle hospital joins 'superbug' suit against Olympus
May 12, 2015 by MassDevice
A Seattle hospital joined a lawsuit against the manufacturer of endoscopy medical scopes linked to a “superbug” outbreak at the medical center, claiming the company, Olympus, put patients’ lives at risk by failing to disclose design flaws.
Between 2012 and 2014, at least 32 patients at Virginia Mason Medical Center were infected with strains of multidrug-resistant E. coli bacteria spread through contaminated scopes that had been sterilized to the manufacturer’s guidelines, according to state health officials. Read more
Siemens settles federal beef for $6m
May 13, 2015 by Brad Perriello
A division of Siemens last week agreed to pay $5.9 million, but admitted no wrongdoing, to settle federal charges that it overbilled the U.S. Defense Dept.
Federal prosecutors alleged that Siemens Medical Solutions USE, the German industrial conglomerate’s U.S. imaging business, overcharged the Defense Dept. and the U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept. between 2002 and 2008. Read more
