Damage to the kidneys. These diseases, conditions and agents may damage the kidneys and lead to acute kidney failure: 1  Blood clots in the veins and arteries in and around the kidneys.  Cholesterol deposits that block blood flow in the kidneys.
A: No. There is a 2.3 percent excise tax on certain medical devices. Cabelaâs, a Nebraska sporting goods company, applied the tax to some of its customersâ purchases by mistake. FULL QUESTION.
Japan is the second largest medical device market in the world, and the second largest. export market for U.S. medical devices.10 Its total medical device market value is estimated at. $23 billion for 2008.11 U.S. exports of medical devices to Japan totaled about $3.5 billion in.