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VIJAYKUMAR G PATEL
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VIJAYKUMAR G PATEL

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1136 CLEVELAND AVENUE, STE 513, EAST POINT, GA, 30344
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DR. VIJAYKUMAR PATEL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$17,344

payment total

5

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Education
 4 $16,000
Food and Beverage
 14 $1,276
Travel and Lodging
 1 $68

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $17,001
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $232
AIRSEAL

device

 $71
STRATAFIX

device

 $28
SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

device

 $28
LIGATION SOLUTIONS: WECK & HORIZON BRANDS

device

 $12
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Nov 14, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $4,000 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Education INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $172 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 17, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 17, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Dec 19, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 14, 2018 $150 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 2, 2018 $127 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $90 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 30, 2018 $83 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 6, 2018 $71 AIRSEAL Food and Beverage CONMED CORPORATION
Jul 18, 2018 $68 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Travel and Lodging INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $60 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 15, 2018 $28 STRATAFIX SURGIFLO HEMOSTATIC MATRIX FAMILY OF PRODUCTS Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Apr 3, 2018 $17 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $16 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jan 30, 2018 $12 LIGATION SOLUTIONS: WECK & HORIZON BRANDS Food and Beverage TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.