Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
3. Intuitive Surgical: What’s with all the adverse event reports?
A harsh Citron Research analysis accuses Intuitive Surgical of ignoring a surge of adverse events associated with the da Vinci robot-assisted surgical system, but the medical device maker says a boost in reporting isn’t the same as an increase in incidents.
2. Judge tosses whistleblowers’ lawsuit against Masimo
A federal judge tosses a whistleblowers’ False Claims Act lawsuit filed against Masimo by 3 former sales reps, saying they failed to produce any evidence of fraud by the patient monitoring company.
1. Medical device tax: Dent, Kind look to end shutdown, repeal tax
A group of 20 moderate House members, led by Reps. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.), are proposing to end the federal shutdown and repeal the medical device tax.
