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3. Sunshine Heart’s David Rosa: “Patients don’t like being tethered to a device”
In an exclusive podcast interview with MassDevice.com, Rosa told us about the company’s beginnings, his optimism for the still-sluggish cardiac rhythm management market and why it’s so important that patients can disconnect from Sunshine Heart’s (ASX:SHC) flagship, outside-the-bloodstream C-Pulse heart assist device.
2. GOP govs ask Senate, House leaders to kill medical device tax
A quintet of Republican governors is asking Congressional leaders today to repeal the medical device tax, saying the 2.3% levy on U.S. med-tech sales runs "counter to principles of economic growth and job creation," according to a copy of the letter obtained by MassDevice.com.
1. EXCLUSIVE: Masimo CEO Kiani on why the med-tech industry should protect its young
Medical device maverick Joe Kiani, founder & CEO of patient monitoring pioneer Masimo, speaks out in favor of a tiered system designed to protect small companies from being squashed by the 2.3% medical device tax, reviving a long-abandoned tactic for fighting the top-line levy.
