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Product Program year 2020 Source: CMS Open Payments

SternaLock Blu

Device CMF & Thoracic

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General payments

$5,097,921

945 payments

Research payments

$312,563

29 payments

Through program year 2020, $5,097,921 in general payments and $312,563 in research payments were reported against SternaLock Blu (CMF & Thoracic).

No combined total These are different kinds of money, reported under different rules. A meal and a clinical trial grant do not add up to anything meaningful, so this site does not add them.

By program year

4 rows
Year Kind Amount Payments
2020 General $2,227,461 305
2020 Research $301,393 18
2019 General $2,870,460 640
2019 Research $11,170 11

Breakdown

Who paid General payments · program years 2019–2020
  1. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $5,097,921 945 payments
Top recipients General payments · program year 2020
  1. Jaishankar Raman Surgery · Burr Ridge, IL $505,711 23% · 8 payments
  2. Jeremy London Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Savannah, GA $500,516 22% · 8 payments
  3. David Song Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Washington, DC $419,870 19% · 4 payments
  4. Brian Deguzman Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Scottsdale, AZ $303,663 14% · 4 payments
  5. Lishan Aklog Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Phoenix, AZ $202,055 9% · 4 payments

The top 5 of the 100 largest recipients; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020.

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Specialties paid General payments · program year 2020
  1. Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $1,217,543 55% · 123 practitioners
  2. Surgery $505,862 23% · 6 practitioners
  3. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Surgery $419,896 19% · 2 practitioners
  4. Orthopaedic Surgery $78,746 4% · 1 practitioner
  5. Cardiovascular Disease Internal Medicine $3,407 <1% · 9 practitioners

The top 5 of 16 specialties; each share is of general payments naming this product to practitioners with a specialty in 2020. Each practitioner is counted under their primary specialty.

The top 25 specialties, free in the app

Where the money went General payments · program year 2020
  1. Georgia $579,597 26% · 7 recipients
  2. Oregon $506,024 23% · 4 recipients
  3. Arizona $505,717 23% · 2 recipients
  4. Illinois $419,978 19% · 2 recipients
  5. Florida $105,760 5% · 30 recipients

The top 5 of 28 states; each share is of general payments naming this product in 2020 where a state was reported.

The top 25 states, free in the app

Records

945 general · 29 research

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Provenance

Source: CMS Open Payments · through program year 2020

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