Posts tagged medtronic

• Medtronic Fined $23.5 Million For Illegal Physicians Kickbacks

  Mike Bryant | December 27, 2011 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Medical device maker, Medtronic Inc., and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement concerning claims that they improperly encourage the implantation of their defibrillators and...

• Round Up: Closer Look at Issues of Safety

  Mike Bryant | November 18, 2011 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Injuryboard is full of great information about safety. The reality is that we don't want to see people get hurt and a lot of what we do is to hopefully prevent future consumers from injuries. I...

• Congress Has A Chance To Protect Consumers Who Use Medical Products

  Mike Bryant | August 28, 2009 9:23 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  For some time now, members of the Injuryboard have been writing about the major impediment on medical device cases. They have been thrown out of court, because of federal preemption. There are...

• Medtronic Paid Surgeon May Have A Different Definition Of Full Disclosure

  Mike Bryant | August 26, 2009 8:40 PM | 3 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  There have been a number of stories about doctors who have been paid big money by Medtronic at the time they were doing studies or prescribing the use of Medtronic products. One of those researchers...

• Medtronic Recalls Quick-set Infusion Set

  Mike Bryant | July 22, 2009 9:31 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  The first week of July, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) recalled specific lots of Quick-set® infusion sets that are used with MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps. An infusion set is a thin plastic tube...

• 800,000 Dollars Paid To One Doctor For What?????

  Mike Bryant | July 07, 2009 9:27 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  This past week, Medtronic confirmed that they paid $800,000 to Timothy Kuklo, an army doctor who consulted on a Medtronic's bone morphogenic protein called Infuse, which induces the formation of...

• Each States Governor Should Be Asking For Passage Of The Medical Device Safety Act

  Mike Bryant | March 27, 2009 9:26 AM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Presently, Governors around the country are being asked to show support for the Medical Device Safety Act. The Act can restore the role of state law in protecting their residents consumer rights....

• U S Supreme Court Ruling On Drug Preemption Reminds Us That Medical Devices Should Follow Suit

  Mike Bryant | March 19, 2009 9:46 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  This past week, saw a victory for consumers with the U S Supreme Courts decision in Wyeth v. Levine. Basically, the decision allowed state law to stand in cases against drug manufactures. It's time...

• Medtronics To Disclose Money Paid To Doctors

  Mike Bryant | February 28, 2009 9:51 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In the past I have blogged on the issue of the staggering amount of money that Medronic was paying to surgeons that were using their products and the whistle blower cases that have lead to...

• Medtronic Story Suggests Staggering Numbers Involved With Spinal Surgeries

  Mike Bryant | September 07, 2008 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A recent story in The Minneapolis Tribune questioned the connection between Medtronic and the Surgeons that use their products to preform back surgeries. At the heart of the story is payments that...