PlasmaBlade

Device Medtronic USA, Inc.
Total Payments
$1.6M
Transactions
6,360
Doctors
2,441
Companies
3

Payment Trends by Year

Year Amount Transactions Doctors
2021 $76,483 283 162
2020 $44,899 174 143
2019 $339,219 1,027 330
2018 $508,304 1,970 760
2017 $610,848 2,906 1,381

Payments by Nature

Nature of Payment Amount Transactions Share
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $735,297 215 46.5%
Travel and Lodging $295,198 1,438 18.7%
Unspecified $202,953 11 12.8%
Consulting Fee $175,567 166 11.1%
Food and Beverage $158,724 4,528 10.0%
Space rental or facility fees (teaching hospital only) $10,346 1 0.7%
Grant $1,668 1 0.1%

Payments by Type

General
$1.4M
6,349 transactions
Research
$202,953
11 transactions

Research Studies & Clinical Trials

Study Name Sponsor Amount Doctors
Investigator Sponsored Research Medtronic USA, Inc. $198,997 1
Investigator Sponsored Research Medtronic, Inc. $3,956 0

Top Doctors Receiving Payments for PlasmaBlade — Page 98

Doctor Specialty Location Total Records
, MD FACC Cardiovascular Disease Detroit, MI $3.58 1
, D.O Orthopaedic Surgery Altoona, PA $3.29 1
, M.D Internal Medicine Provo, UT $3.28 1
, MD Cardiovascular Disease Saint George, UT $3.28 1
, MD Critical Care Medicine Indianapolis, IN $3.06 1
, D.O Orthopaedic Surgery West Des Moines, IA $3.04 1
, MD Cardiovascular Disease Evansville, IN $3.03 1
, M.D Surgery Nashville, TN $2.90 1
, M.D Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Spartanburg, SC $2.65 1
, M.D Internal Medicine Tyler, TX $2.05 1
, MD Cardiovascular Disease Tyler, TX $2.05 1
, M.D Cardiovascular Disease Cincinnati, OH $1.78 1
, MD Otolaryngology Independence, MO $1.73 1
, MD Otolaryngology Lees Summit, MO $1.73 1
, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Spartanburg, SC $1.36 1
, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) New Orleans, LA $1.09 1
, M.D Neurological Surgery San Antonio, TX $0.81 1

About PlasmaBlade

PlasmaBlade is a device associated with $1.6M in payments to 2,441 healthcare providers, recorded across 6,360 transactions in the CMS Open Payments database. The primary manufacturer is Medtronic USA, Inc..

Payment data is available from 2017 to 2021. In 2021, $76,483 was paid across 283 transactions to 162 doctors.

The most common payment nature for PlasmaBlade is "Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program" ($735,297, 46.5% of total).

PlasmaBlade is associated with 2 research studies, including "Investigator Sponsored Research" ($198,997).