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FDA clears Biomet’s hip implant | Regulatory roundup

April 27, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Clearances roundup

Biomet Inc. received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new hip replacement device.

Warsaw, Ind.-based company said its Active Articulation E1 dual mobility hip system is an implant option for orthopedic surgeons performing hip replacement surgery.

Filed Under: 510(k), News Well, Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Tagged With: Biomet, Biotronik, Guided Therapeutics Inc., MedShape Solutions Inc., Reverse Medical Corp., SiBone, Varian Medical Systems, VeraLight Inc.

Novation taps Biotronik for CRM devices

April 22, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Novation, Biotronik

Novation may have been jilted by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) in February, but the group purchasing organization hasn’t let any grass grow under its feet in its search for new partners.

The Irving, Texas-based GPO said it signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with German cardiac rhythm device maker Biotronik, hard on the heels of inking another 30-month pact with St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) (also for CRM products).

Filed Under: Hospital Care, News Well Tagged With: Biotronik, Cardiac Rhythm Management, Novation, stjudemedical

Biotronik backs docs in pay-to-play scandal

April 11, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Biotronik

German cardiac device-maker Biotronik backed the doctors it’s alleged to have paid to switch over to its cardiac rhythm therapy devices, calling charges that it rana pay-to-play scheme in Nevada “flatly wrong and unfair.”

The German medical device giant found itself under scrutiny in the States after a New York Times article this month showed that it managed to convince a hospital in Las Vegas to convert from carrying mostly Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) pacemakers and defibrillators over the course of three years.

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Biotronik

Alleged Biotronik chicanery prompts Nevada investigation

April 7, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice On Call

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Alleged Biotronik chicanery prompts calls for feds: German cardiac device maker Biotronik is under the spotlight in Nevada after a New York Times probe of a Las Vegas hospital’s allegedly purchased preference for the company’s pacemakers and defibrillators.

Filed Under: Electronic Medical Records (EMR), News Well Tagged With: Biotronik, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Medtronic touts heart failure treatment study | Research roundup

April 5, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Clinical trials roundup

Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) said results from the Improve HF study demonstrate that select guideline-based outpatient heart failure measures can increase patient survival and might be useful for improving patient quality of care.

The Improve HF (The Registry to Improve the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting) study is the largest U.S.-based outpatient heart failure clinical study. The results of the study were published in the journal Circulation.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Biotronik, Clinical Trials, Cynosure Inc., Entellus Medical Inc., IntraPace Inc., Naviscan Inc., Orexo AB, PhotoMedex Inc.

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