OrbusNeich continued its global row against medtech titan Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) even further, filing a patent infringement lawsuit in Ireland to join ones pending in Germany and the Netherlands.
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J&J faces 2nd trial in in recalled hip controversy | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) denied claims this month in the 2nd of tens of thousands of patient injury lawsuits over its implanted metal-on-metal hips.
Satiety Inc. escapes stomach stapling lawsuit
Satiety Inc. can put a 4-year personal injury lawsuit in its rearview mirror now that the case has been dismissed by a federal judge.
The plaintiff, Lucia Burgos, failed to prove that the Palo Alto, Calif.-based medical device company’s stomach stapling device violated the protocols of its investigational device exemption from the FDA.
Medtronic seeks to claw back $10M patent lawsuit loss
Zoll wins infringement case, injunction against ELan Med GmbH
Massachusetts medical device maker Zoll Medical touted a legal win against Germany’s ELan Med GmbH, landing an injunction that prevents ELan from manufacturing or selling any infringing products.
A judge for the District Court of Munich, Germany, ruled in Zoll’s favor that certain of ELan’s devices infringe on Zoll’s for its Intravascular Temperature Management Systems patents, according to a press release.
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FLASH: Jury deems J&J’s DePuy ASR XL hip implant defective in design, orders $8.3M in damages
A California jury ruled against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and its DePuy subsidiary in finding that the company’s ASR XL metal-on-metal hip implant was defectively designed.
FDA considers patent extension for Edwards’ Sapien TAVI heart implant
ArthroCare, Justice Dept. extend deal again
ArthroCare (NSDQ:ARTC) and the U.S. Justice Dept. extended by a month the statute of limitations on a federal inquiry from the U.S. Dept. of Justice in to the company’s spinal business.
In January Austin, Texas-based ArthroCare said it was pushing the deal out until March 1. That extension was added to Feb. 27, pushing the deal out to March 30, according to a regulatory filing.
Medtronic pays $84M in damages for Edwards TAVI patent infringement
Closing arguments in DePuy ASR lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) ignored serious problems with its DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant in a game of "Russian roulette" the company played with patients’ safety, a plaintiff’s lawyer in a high-profile personal injury lawsuit said during the case’s closing arguments yesterday.