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Editor: Marc Jay Bern
Profession: Defective Medical Device Lawyer

Category: Medtronic News

Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson have more to worry about than weak sales of drug-coated sales they also need to worry about next-generation stents from Abbott Labs and Medtronic Inc.

Boston Scientific stents were frozen out from the Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation's most prestigious cardiology centers.

Medtronic, J&J and Abbott said they will be selling stents to the Cleveland Clinic which wants its doctors to sample a range of device - other than Boston Scientific. After testing the Clinic will narrow down the choices to one or two.

Medtronic and Abbott Labs stents were both approved earlier this year.