Big news in the medical device world : U.S. medical device maker  Medtronic  said on Sunday it had agreed to buy  Covidien  for $42.9 bill...

As part of the ACA insurance companies are now required to cover the cost of a breast pump , either a rental or a new one for you to keep...

The medical device tax is a 2.3% tax on medical devices, everything from bed pans to surgical tools.  It was signed into law as part of the ...

I thought I’d move into a newer area for medical devices, stroke treatment.  Stroke affects more than 700,000 people a year in the US alone...

Google Health is apparently shutting down, too soon, we're just getting ramped up in fact.  Although they didn't seem to embrace th...

MedCity News has an article on J&J exiting the coronary drug eluding stent business:  End of J&J stent business carries lessons for ...

Boston Scientific is getting a bit of attention for an IVUS catheter Class I recall , to be honest a smaller company probably wouldn't...

Another relatively new EU requirement effective March 21, 2010 per the revised Medical Device Directive (MDD) (93/42/EEC) M5 is the foll...

Hello my friends, I am a little late, but a relatively new EU requirement per the revised Medical Device Directive (MDD) (93/42/EEC) is the...

Some medical device related news that caught my interest: Nelson Laboratories to add 350 jobs - We use Nelson and have no complaints, I'...

Devicetalk : Medtronic has won a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court over whether patients could sue manufacturers of PMA-approved devi...

MDBBATL discusses Radiant Medical, a medical device company that shut down. I agree with his takeaway: The takeaway: If there are geniuses...

Medgadget reported some time ago: Cell phones have been getting a lot of flak in ERs and hospitals, while iPods are seen as the pinnacle o...

According to the NY Times , medical devices are the venture capitalist's flavor of the month: Venture capitalists, apparently, are going...

A Chinese medical device company, Mindray Medical, is growing fast in North America , while a generic surgical mesh has received 510(k) clea...

Medgadget covers Astronauts getting hand held microorganism detectors for use in space. Interestingly enough the picture shown and the sou...

Advanced Medical Technologies looks at the drug eluding stent issue, which is obviously not helping out the device industry very much. Alt...