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TIMOTHY S KUWADA
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TIMOTHY S KUWADA

Listed Specialty: Surgery
1350 S KINGS DR, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28207-2134
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DR. TIMOTHY KUWADA,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

35

payments

$20,029

payment total

7

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
Honoraria
 3 $17,500
Food and Beverage
 30 $1,653
Travel and Lodging
 2 $876

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†
VENTRALIGHT

device

 $9,000
SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT

device

 $8,929
BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT

device

 $877
3DMAX

device

 $377
SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL

device

 $256
SEAMGUARD STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT

device

 $162
SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM

device

 $158
LIGASURE ADVANCE

device

 $114
DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

device

 $80
ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER

device

 $32
TACKER

device

 $16
ARISTA AH

device

 $14
PHOTONBLADE

device

 $12
PHOTONSABER Y

device

 $12
EIKON LT ADAPT

device

 $12
PHOTONSABER F

device

 $12
EIKON LT

device

 $12
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $3
† 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
Jul 20, 2018 $8,500 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Honoraria W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 5, 2018 $4,500 VENTRALIGHT Honoraria DAVOL INC.
Sep 7, 2018 $4,500 VENTRALIGHT Honoraria DAVOL INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $644 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 20, 2018 $232 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Travel and Lodging W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $162 SEAMGUARD STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $147 3DMAX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Sep 28, 2018 $138 3DMAX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Oct 18, 2018 $126 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 12, 2018 $114 LIGASURE ADVANCE Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Jul 9, 2018 $109 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $100 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 27, 2018 $94 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $81 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $66 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $64 SENHANCE SURGICAL ROBOTICS SYSTEM Food and Beverage TRANSENTERIX, INC.
Sep 18, 2018 $47 3DMAX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $46 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 14, 2018 $45 3DMAX Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $44 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 3, 2018 $30 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Jun 29, 2018 $30 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Oct 30, 2018 $29 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Aug 29, 2018 $27 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $24 BIO-A TISSUE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Sep 4, 2018 $21 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.
Apr 11, 2018 $18 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Dec 10, 2018 $17 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aug 9, 2018 $16 TACKER Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
Mar 14, 2018 $14 ECHELON ENDOPATH STAPLER Food and Beverage ETHICON US, LLC
Sep 14, 2018 $14 ARISTA AH Food and Beverage DAVOL INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $12 PHOTONBLADE PHOTONSABER Y PHOTONSABER F EIKON LT EIKON LT ADAPT Food and Beverage INVUITY, INC.
Jul 1, 2018 $10 SYNECOR BIOMATERIAL Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Jul 11, 2018 $6 SEAMGUARD BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE LINE REINFORCEMENT Food and Beverage W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Feb 13, 2018 $3 No Listed Product Food and Beverage COVIDIEN LP
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.