GAITHERSBURG, Maryland – For the second time in 16 months, the orthopedics and rehabilitative devices advisory committee met to hear the case for and against the Menaflex 510(k), an application that in some minds is the poster child for all that is presumed to be wrong with the 510(k) process. (Medical Device Daily)

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (H.R. 3590) late Sunday night by a vote of 219-212, earning just three votes more than the bare minimum needed for passage, and the majority party enjoyed a similar margin in passing the technical amendments in the form of H.R. 4872, dubbed the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Acts. (Medical Device Daily)