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ROBERT S KUMAR
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ROBERT S KUMAR

Listed Specialty: Cardiovascular Disease
2001 4TH AVE, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92101-2303
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ROBERT KUMAR,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

60

payments

$7,226

payment total

6

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
Promotional Speaking/Other
 2 $4,000
Food and Beverage
 58 $3,226

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†
MITRA CLIP SYSTEM

device

 $4,732
XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $854
IMPELLA

device

 $399
EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

device

 $257
ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $220
NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS

device

 $220
XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $220
HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE

device

 $220
XIENCE CORNARY STENT SYSTEMS

device

 $174
WATCHMAN

device

 $157
WOLVERINE

device

 $156
COREVALVE EVOLUT

device

 $79
BRILINTA

drug

 $60
GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART

device

 $47
TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE

device

 $36
MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE

device

 $22
VIGILANT

device

 $19
OPTIS CORONARY IMAGING SYSTEM

device

 $10
SYNERGY

device

 $6
† 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
May 21, 2018 $2,000 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 13, 2018 $2,000 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Promotional Speaking/Other ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 15, 2018 $174 XIENCE CORNARY STENT SYSTEMS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Feb 6, 2018 $166 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 31, 2018 $161 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 2, 2018 $156 WOLVERINE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $151 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
May 3, 2018 $151 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 23, 2018 $144 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 15, 2018 $143 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 14, 2018 $120 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 31, 2018 $115 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 12, 2018 $113 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Mar 19, 2018 $112 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Sep 22, 2018 $105 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE Food and Beverage EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
Apr 26, 2018 $101 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 22, 2018 $96 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 22, 2018 $96 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 30, 2018 $85 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 28, 2018 $78 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 13, 2018 $66 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Sep 24, 2018 $64 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 16, 2018 $59 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 5, 2018 $49 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 4, 2018 $48 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 11, 2018 $47 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 24, 2018 $47 GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Sep 8, 2018 $46 WATCHMAN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 23, 2018 $39 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 25, 2018 $36 TRIFECTA GT TISSUE HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 22, 2018 $34 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 29, 2018 $31 IMPELLA Food and Beverage ABIOMED
Sep 19, 2018 $24 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 19, 2018 $24 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 19, 2018 $22 MASTERS MECHANICAL HEART VALVE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 2, 2018 $22 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 28, 2018 $21 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 2, 2018 $19 VIGILANT Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 7, 2018 $18 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 3, 2018 $18 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 20, 2018 $17 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Dec 7, 2018 $17 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Apr 19, 2018 $16 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 19, 2018 $14 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 11, 2018 $14 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
May 11, 2018 $14 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 24, 2018 $13 COREVALVE EVOLUT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
May 3, 2018 $13 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 8, 2018 $12 BRILINTA Food and Beverage ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP
Mar 23, 2018 $11 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 4, 2018 $11 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 3, 2018 $10 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 14, 2018 $10 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 14, 2018 $10 ASAHI FIELDER CORONARY GUIDE WIRE HI-TORQUE CORONARY GUIDE WIRE NC TREK CORONARY CATHETERS XIENCE V CORONARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 6, 2018 $10 OPTIS CORONARY IMAGING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 12, 2018 $9 XIENCE ALPINE CORNARY STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 29, 2018 $7 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Oct 2, 2018 $6 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 28, 2018 $6 SYNERGY Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 29, 2018 $6 MITRA CLIP SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
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