medical-device

The director of the FDA's medical-device center, Jeffrey Shuren , testifying last summer at a congressional hearing, said "We do have a challenge attracting the best people."

Device Makers, FDA Agree on Fees Thomas M. Burton 2012

The agreement will beef up the number of full-time employees in the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health considering applications for medical-device approval.

Device Makers, FDA Agree on Fees Thomas M. Burton 2012

Dr. Lewis's part-ownership of a medical-device company is far from unique in the world of back surgery.

Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011

The FDA's medical-device division has been under pressure both from industry and from safety advocates.

Device Makers, FDA Agree on Fees Thomas M. Burton 2012

Dr. Lewis teamed up that same year with a former medical-device salesman and two other spine surgeons in Jackson and Hattiesburg, Miss. to manufacture their own devices.

Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011

A federal antikickback law prohibits medical-device makers from paying surgeons to use their products.

Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011

He is joining a company focused on implantable heart devices and spinal-treatment products that is looking for ways to control costs and offset sluggish growth in big medical-device markets.

Medtronic Picks GE Executive Jon Kamp 2011

Boston Scientific Corp. said a Delaware jury ruled that Johnson & Johnson 's stent-making Cordis unit owes the medical-device maker $19.5 million for infringing its Jang patent, associated with coronary stent technologies.

Boston Scientific Wins $19.5 Million in Patent Dispute Tess Stynes 2011

Surgeon-owned implant makers, including Spinal USA, say they reduce health-care costs because their companies don't have marketing expenses and sales staffs, and they charge hospitals less than established medical-device makers do.

Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011

Those surgeons, Gilbert Aust, Cyrus Ghavam, Morris Seymour and Larry Parker, switched to using Spinal USA implants in most of their surgeries, according to a local representative for a big medical-device maker.

Taking Double Cut, Surgeons Implant Their Own Devices John Carreyrou 2011