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CHRISTOPHER J BUSKEN
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CHRISTOPHER J BUSKEN

Listed Specialty: Surgery
602 E 72ND ST, SAVANNAH, GA, 31405-4913
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DR. CHRISTOPHER BUSKEN,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

44

payments

$2,339

payment total

8

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
Food and Beverage
 40 $1,495
Travel and Lodging
 4 $845

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†
PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $1,616
FLIXENE

device

 $232
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $140
ASAHI PERIPHERAL GUIDE WIRE

device

 $93
LIFESTENT

device

 $51
LUTONIX

device

 $51
COOK MEDICAL STENTS

device

 $40
IGT_D PERIPHERAL

device

 $37
CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM

device

 $36
IGT_D THERAPY

device

 $26
FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER

device

 $24
HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM

device

 $24
HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES

device

 $24
OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM

device

 $24
SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM

device

 $24
ANGIOJET

device

 $15
COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX

device

 $15
XXL

device

 $14
† 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
Mar 15, 2018 $425 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 18, 2018 $237 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 15, 2018 $157 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Oct 22, 2018 $141 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Aug 28, 2018 $139 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 11, 2018 $127 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Sep 25, 2018 $100 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Feb 20, 2018 $93 ASAHI PERIPHERAL GUIDE WIRE Food and Beverage ASAHI INTECC USA, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $74 FLIXENE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jan 11, 2018 $61 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $57 FLIXENE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Jan 11, 2018 $55 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 26, 2018 $51 LUTONIX LIFESTENT Food and Beverage BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $51 FLIXENE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Nov 19, 2018 $40 No Listed Product Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 3, 2018 $36 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 4, 2018 $36 CORONARY ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Jun 1, 2018 $35 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 4, 2018 $31 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $26 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Travel and Lodging CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 19, 2018 $24 FOX SV PTA CATHETER AND ARMADA 14 PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER AND VIATRAC 14 PLUS PERIPHERAL CATHETER HERCULINK ELITE RENAL AND BILIARY STENT SYSTEM HI-TORQUE SPARTACORE GUIDE WIRES OMNILINK ELITE VASCULAR STENT SYSTEM SUPERA PERIPHERAL STENT SYSTEM Food and Beverage ABBOTT LABORATORIES
Jun 4, 2018 $24 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 4, 2018 $24 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Nov 12, 2018 $23 FLIXENE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
May 4, 2018 $23 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $22 COOK MEDICAL STENTS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Nov 13, 2018 $21 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Sep 13, 2018 $18 COOK MEDICAL STENTS Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
May 9, 2018 $15 ANGIOJET Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
May 30, 2018 $15 COOK MEDICAL ZILVER PTX Food and Beverage COOK MEDICAL LLC
Mar 26, 2018 $14 FLIXENE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
May 25, 2018 $14 XXL Food and Beverage BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Oct 22, 2018 $13 IGT_D THERAPY Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Sep 7, 2018 $13 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Nov 26, 2018 $13 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Dec 27, 2018 $13 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 11, 2018 $12 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jun 1, 2018 $12 IGT_D THERAPY Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Jul 11, 2018 $12 IGT_D PERIPHERAL Food and Beverage PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION
Apr 4, 2018 $12 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
May 5, 2018 $10 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $10 FLIXENE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
Mar 13, 2018 $7 PERIPHERAL ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM Food and Beverage CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.
Apr 16, 2018 $3 FLIXENE Food and Beverage MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR U.S. SALES, L.L.C.
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