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MICHAEL E PAIKAL
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MICHAEL E PAIKAL

Listed Specialty: Internal Medicine
1000 W. CARSON ST., TORRANCE, CA, 90509
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MICHAEL PAIKAL,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

63

payments

$31,337

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
Grant
 2 $25,000
Travel and Lodging
 7 $3,291
Food and Beverage
 51 $2,690
Education
 3 $356

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†
GENERAL BRADY

device

 $15,000
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $13,428
GENERAL THERAPIES

device

 $1,048
LIFEVEST

device

 $407
ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $369
MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE

device

 $231
FLEXABILITY ABLATION CATHETER

device

 $130
CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM

device

 $120
EMBLEM

device

 $93
ADVISOR CATHETER

device

 $76
FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD

device

 $74
QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR

device

 $64
INTELLANAV

device

 $58
CARTO 3 SYSTEM

device

 $50
DYNAGEN

device

 $37
ICD LEADS

device

 $33
CARELINK

device

 $28
CLARIA MRI

device

 $25
PACEMAKERS

device

 $23
RESONATE

device

 $14
ADAPTA

device

 $14
ARCTIC FRONT

device

 $5
EVERA

device

 $4
ASSURITY PACEMAKER

device

 $4
† 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
Sep 12, 2018 $15,000 GENERAL BRADY Grant BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
Jun 28, 2018 $10,000 No Listed Product Grant MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
May 7, 2018 $1,497 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $669 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 16, 2018 $434 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 19, 2018 $406 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 20, 2018 $307 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 16, 2018 $210 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 1, 2018 $198 No Listed Product Education MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 3, 2018 $170 GENERAL THERAPIES Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 25, 2018 $147 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
May 11, 2018 $130 FLEXABILITY ABLATION CATHETER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 28, 2018 $125 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 3, 2018 $120 CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 10, 2018 $99 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 12, 2018 $96 No Listed Product Food and Beverage BIOTRONIK INC.
Oct 4, 2018 $91 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jun 27, 2018 $90 GENERAL THERAPIES Education BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 17, 2018 $82 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 7, 2018 $81 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 22, 2018 $80 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Sep 20, 2018 $68 LIFEVEST Education ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Aug 22, 2018 $60 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 17, 2018 $59 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Oct 5, 2018 $59 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 4, 2018 $58 INTELLANAV Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jan 19, 2018 $58 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jun 12, 2018 $54 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 12, 2018 $51 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Oct 13, 2018 $51 ADVISOR CATHETER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Apr 5, 2018 $50 CARTO 3 SYSTEM Food and Beverage BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
Jun 28, 2018 $48 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 18, 2018 $47 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 17, 2018 $47 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 18, 2018 $44 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Mar 18, 2018 $44 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 16, 2018 $43 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 6, 2018 $39 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Jan 26, 2018 $33 ICD LEADS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Aug 10, 2018 $28 CARELINK Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 10, 2018 $26 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 28, 2018 $26 FORTIFY ASSURA, ELLIPSE ICD Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Dec 7, 2018 $25 ADVISOR CATHETER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jan 3, 2018 $25 CLARIA MRI Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jan 26, 2018 $23 PACEMAKERS Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 10, 2018 $21 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 10, 2018 $21 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 28, 2018 $21 QUADRA ASSURA CRT DEFIBRILLATOR Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 18, 2018 $20 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Feb 28, 2018 $19 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 3, 2018 $17 GENERAL THERAPIES Travel and Lodging BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Dec 10, 2018 $17 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Sep 17, 2018 $17 DYNAGEN Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Jul 10, 2018 $16 ENSITE CARDIAC MAPPING SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jul 23, 2018 $15 EMBLEM Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Mar 20, 2018 $14 RESONATE Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Nov 8, 2018 $11 ADAPTA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $6 LIFEVEST Food and Beverage ZOLL SERVICES LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LIFECOR CORP)
Nov 16, 2018 $5 ARCTIC FRONT Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Jul 9, 2018 $4 EVERA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
Aug 22, 2018 $4 ASSURITY PACEMAKER Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Mar 28, 2018 $3 MERLIN CONNECTIVITY AND REMOTE Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Nov 8, 2018 $2 ADAPTA Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC.
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