Here's the scoop on devices this week: FDA commisioner Margaret Hamburg expressed her support for the 510(k) process, EMDT reports on award-winning biomaterials research, Massdevice ran an article on how the device tax would likely affect employment, Medtronic won a big patent settlement, and recent report from Ernst & Young found that medtech markets are mostly flat.

• Jury Awards Medtronic $101 Million in Patent Suit Against NuVasive (Qmed)
• FDA Commissioner Hamburg: ‘We want to work with the 510(k) process (medcitynews)
• Biomaterials Research Garners Award (EMDT)
• Life Sciences Execs Say Innovation May Flee U.S. (Qmed)
• Medical device tax a job-killer, industry advocates say (Massdevice)
• Ernst & Young: Med tech markets relatively flat, excise tax won't help (Cardiovascular Business)
   

—Brian Buntz