Device News Digest - Mar 27

	Doctor-Owned Device Suppliers Deemed Inherently Suspect Doctor-owned businesses that act as middlemen between medical device makers and hospitals are "inherently suspect" and some of their practices may ... March 26, 2013 -- BusinessWeek
	Intuitive Surgical Loses Bid to Throw Out Robot Lawsuit Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) lost a bid to have all claims dismissed in a lawsuit filed against it in Washington state court over damages allege ... March 26, 2013 -- Bloomberg
	FDA approves Medicrea PASS LP system for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treatment The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted regulatory approval to Medicrea group's PASS LP system for the treatment of adolescent idiop ... March 26, 2013 -- Medical Devices Business Review
	BioControl Medical makes progress toward FDA review for CardioFit heart stim device The FDA approves the 3rd and largest phase of BioControl Medical's investigational device exemption trial of the CardioFit vagal nerve stimulation ... March 26, 2013 -- MassDevice
•	GE Healthcare wins FDA OK for new imaging dye, loses $5M jury decision over old dye