Category: Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy

Jury rules for KCI in NPWT spat with Smith & Nephew

March 10, 2010 by MassDevice staff

A Texas jury ruled that Smith & Nephew's Renasys-F negative-pressure wound therapy infringes a pair of patents licensed to Kinetic Concepts Inc.

A Texas jury handed a win to Kinetic Concepts Inc. (NYSE:KCI) in its wound care war with Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN), ruling that the British medical products conglomerate infringed a pair of KCI-licensed patents with its Renasys-F negative-pressure wound therapy.

The jury in the U.S. District Court for Western Texas decided that the Smith & Nephew product violates a pair of patents owned by Wake Forest University and licensed to KCI, which sued Smith & Nephew for patent infringement in 2008. The jury found that KCI showed it lost about $900,000 in profits and about $143,000 in lost royalties due to the infringement, which also cost Wake Forest roughly $186,000 in lost royalties, according to court documents.

Wound care war between Kinetic Concepts and Smith & Nephew goes another round

November 18, 2009 by MassDevice staff

A federal judge in Texas denies KCI's motion to stop Smith & Nephew from marketing negative pressure wound therapy kits using foam dressings.

Wound care war between Kinetic Concepts and Smith & Nephew goes another round

A federal judge in Texas shot down a salvo fired by Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) in its wound care war with Smith & Nephew (SNN), denying KCI's motion to bar its British competitor from marketing negative pressure wound therapy kits using foam dressings.

KCI sued Smith & Nephew for patent infringement, alleging that its Renasys-F foam dressing kits violated a pair of KCI patents. The San Antonio, Texas-based wound care firm wanted Judge Royal Fergeson of the U.S. District Court for Western Texas to enjoin Smith & Nephew from selling any NPWT kits using the Renasys dressing.

Patent battle swings to Smith & Nephew

August 11, 2009 by MassDevice staff

A German court allows the British conglomerate to continue marketing one of its products there as the negative-pressure wound therapy patent battle against Kinetic Concepts grinds on.

The legal wheel turned another notch in the battle over negative-pressure wound therapy patents between Smith & Nephew and Kinetic Concepts Inc., this time spitting out a decision in favor of the British conglomerate.

The German District Court in Dusseldorf rejected a motion by Kinetic Concepts to bar the marketing of Smith & Nephew's Renasys EZ NPWT pump there.

Smith & Nephew wins another round in patent war with Kinetic Concepts

July 14, 2009 by MassDevice staff

A U.K. court overturned KCI's charge that the British devices giant infringed one of its negative-pressure wound care patents.

Smith & Nephew won a patent case filed against it after a British court overturned Kinetic Concepts Inc.'s infringement claims.

The British devices giant, which houses its endoscopy division in Andover, said the U.K. Court of Appeal deemed invalid all claims that it infringed a patent licensed to KCI with its Renasys-F negative-pressure wound therapy.