Device News Digest - Mar 29

	FDA makes Vascular Solutions' catheter valve recall Class I The recall of hemostasis valves made by Vascular Solutions is deemed Class I, the most serious category, by the FDA. The FDA slapped its most seri ... March 28, 2013 -- MassDevice
	Biotronik lands CE Mark for MRI-safe Iforia defibrillator German medical device company Biotronik says European regulators granted CE Mark approval for its Iforia MRI-safe defibrillator. Biotronik said it ... March 28, 2013 -- MassDevice
	A Chinese Hearing Implant Takes Aim at Cochlear After suddenly going deaf at age 30, Ke Liu, a civil servant in China's eastern Jiangxi province, didn't have many options. A cochlear implant mig ... March 28, 2013 -- BusinessWeek
	Sensing the winds shifting, Medtronic applauds efforts to repeal the device tax Even as companies like Boston Scientific and Stryker and smaller ones like Cook Medical have complained loudly about the medical device tax, Medtr ... March 28, 2013 -- Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry
	Covidien Nets $177M From J&J Unit In Scalpel Patent Suit A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday awarded medical supplier Covidien PLC $176.5 million in damages after finding that Johnson & Johnson unit ... March 29, 2013 -- Law360