Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech 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. Wright and Tornier shareholders approve merger
Wright Medical and Tornier said that both companies’ shareholders approved the $3.3 billion merger of the 2 orthopedic giants.
Tornier is slated to take Wright Medical’s name in the merger, and both companies will appoint a combined board of directors, the companies said. Read more
2. Lawsuit accuses J&J, hospital, doc of unauthorized ceramic-on-metal hip trials
A purported class action lawsuit accuses a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, a California hospital and an orthopedic surgeon of conducting unauthorized clinical trials without patients’ consent and alleges that the lead plaintiff was implanted with a group of unapproved hip implant components.
The June 17 lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, stems from the group of ceramic-on-metal hip components made by J&J subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics that were implanted in John Muldoon in 2007. After years of alleged pain and discomfort, Muldoon had revision surgery in 2014, replacing the ceramic-on-metal device with a ceramic-on-plastic hip. Muldoon alleges that, although all the components won individual 510(k) clearances, they were never approved for use as a group. Read more
1. Medtronic puts up $93m for CardioInsight
Medtronic said that it paid $93 million for CardioInsight Technologies and its heart-mapping technology.
Cleveland-based CardioInsight makes the ECVue, a non-invasive electrocardiographic mapping device that uses body surface electrical data and anatomical data to reconstruct and display 3-D maps and “other useful measures” of the heart’s electrical activity, Medtronic said. Read more
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