The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review the validity of an Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) patent that’s being challenged by Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Auris Health. Auris filed a petition with the PTAB in June, arguing that the patent on Intuitive’s surgical navigation guidance system covers well-known ideas, according to a report by […]
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Employees say Intuitive Surgical, J&J, Stryker best places to work in 2020
Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Stryker (NYSE:SYK) were recently named as Glassdoor’s employees’s choice of Best Places to Work in 2020. Each year, Glassdoor uses feedback that employees have shared on the website over the past year to compile a list of the best places to work in 2020. Employee reviews provide Glassdoor with insights […]
DePuy Synthes issues urgent field safety notice for USS II Polyaxial 3D heads
Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) DePuy Synthes issued an urgent field safety notice to initiate a voluntary recall of its USS II Polyaxial 3D heads. The recall stems from a complaint trend that reported unusual intraoperative sounds associated with use of the USS II Polyaxial 3D heads, as well as cracking of the device’s ring. Intraoperative or postoperative […]
J&J’s Ethicon gets to substitute 20 new claims on surgical stapler patent
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) may file new claims in a surgical stapler patent case brought by Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) against J&J’s Ethicon unit. The original patent was granted in 2015. Ethicon sued Intuitive in Delaware in 2017, alleging that with the EndoWrist stapler Intuitive developed for its da Vinci robot-assisted surgery platform, Intuitive violates seven Ethicon […]
J&J Vision launches Tecnis Toric II intraocular lens in U.S.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) Vision announced that, after winning FDA approval, it launched the Tecnis Toric II one-piece intraocular lens (IOL) to treat astigmatism in cataract patients. The Tecnis Toric II IOL is Johnson & Johnson Vision’s first approved product within the Tecnis Toric II platform, which offers more surface texture and friction on IOL haptics, […]
J&J’s Ethicon launches Vistaseal fibrin sealant
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon announced today that it launched its Vistaseal fibrin sealant for managing bleeding during surgery. The sealant system is indicated as an adjunct to hemostasis for mild to moderate bleeding in adults undergoing surgery when control of bleeding by standard techniques (suture, ligature, cautery) are ineffective or impractical. Get the full story at […]
Report: More women harmed by medical devices than men
A new investigation of FDA adverse event data has revealed that more women are harmed by medical devices than men. The report published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) shows that among 340,000 people whom the FDA listed as having been injured by a medical device, women made up 67%, compared with men […]
DePuy Synthes launches new cervical spine system
Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) DePuy Synthes said it has launched its Symphony occipito-cervico-thoracic system to expand its portfolio of surgical treatments for the neck and upper back. The Symphony system is designed to stabilize the spine in patients undergoing posterior cervical fusion surgery. It is meant to help streamline procedures and create efficiencies for the surgeon […]
How much do the world’s biggest medtech companies pay physicians?
The top 50 medical device companies in the world paid physicians and teaching hospitals $690.3 million last year in general payments, according to an analysis of Medical Design and Outsourcing‘s Big 100 and CMS Open Payments data. Medtech companies averaged $17.3 million in general payments to doctors last year, spending an average of 0.2% of […]
These medical device companies pay doctors the most money
The top medical device companies in the world made more than $542.6 million in general payments to physicians and hospitals in 2018, according to an analysis of Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s Big 100 and CMS Open Payments data. Zimmer Biomet topped the list with $109.4 million in general payments* to physicians and teaching hospitals in […]
Insights from Cathy Burzik’s 40 years in the healthcare industry
From the early days of software development to personalized cell and gene therapies, Cathy Burzik has witnessed a lot of technological evolution over the course of her 40-year career in the healthcare industry. She sat down with DeviceTalks’ former program manager Sarah Faulkner for an interview at AdvaMed’s The MedTech Conference this year, where she […]