Device Cmf & Thoracic

Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard

Payments companies reported to CMS as associated with Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard. "Associated with" is CMS's wording: it links a payment to a product without saying the money was spent on it.

$34Kassociated payments (2023-2025)
54clinicians with associated payments
1company reporting

By year

2023 $13K
2024 $4,587
2025 $16K

Payments reported as associated with Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard, per program year, as reported to CMS.

Who makes it

Specialties most often involved

Pediatric Surgery $18K
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $14K
Surgery $1,185
Family $206
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery $136
Plastic Surgery $130

Where the associated payments went, by the receiving clinician's specialty.

Clinicians most associated with Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard

These are the largest totals companies reported as associated with Pectus Bar Bending Forceps, Standard. They are typically speaking or consulting arrangements, which companies must report by law; appearing here is not evidence of anything improper.

ClinicianLocationSpecialtyAssociated payments (2023-2025)
Thomas Schmelzer Charlotte, NC Pediatric Surgery $14,546.53
Keith Allen Kansas City, KS Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $3,375.00
Robert Dubose Portland, OR Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $3,000.00
Victor Garcia Cincinnati, OH Pediatric Surgery $2,877.81
Sivaveera Kandasamy Stony Brook, NY Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $1,663.22
Costas Bizekis New York, NY Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $1,650.38
Rawn Salenger Towson, MD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $1,250.00
Jonathan Daniel Portland, OR Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $1,082.33
Jody Kaban Bronx, NY Surgery $999.79
Michael Zervos New York, NY Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) $858.07

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Source: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019-2025, as reported to CMS by drug and device makers (published June 30, 2026). Drug and device detail covers 2023-2025.