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Volcano claims victory in 1st patent trial against St. Jude Medical
St. Jude sued Volcano in July 2010 in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, accusing it of violating a quintet of patents St. Jude acquired in its 2008 buyout of Radi Medical Systems AB, a Swedish guidewire maker.
Syneron sues aesthetics duo over skin-tightening technology
Israel-based maker Syneron Medical (NSDQ:ELOS) sued a pair of rival companies over devices that allegedly infringe on 2 Syneron patents for skin ablation technology.
Syneron claimed that EndyMed Medical and Eclipse Aesthetics infringe on the patents by selling use electrodes to apply ablative energy to the skin.
Wright takes down knee implant website amid Stryker accusations | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Orthopedic devices maker Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) took down one of its knee implant marketing sites after rival device maker Stryker (NYSE:SYK) filed a lawsuit
Endologix settles patent spat with Cook Medical for $5M
Endologix (NSDQ:ELGX) agreed to pay Cook Medical $5 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit over stent graft technology.
Legal: Airstrip sues over iPhone patient monitoring patents
Mobile health company AirStrip Technologies filed a lawsuit this week against mVisum over recently issued patents for remote patient data monitoring on iPhones, iPads and other smartphones.
AirStrip in late August won the patents in question, which detail the process of “mobilizing” physiologic data for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
Rival mVisum also develops mobile solutions for receiving, viewing and responding to patient data, including EKGs, alarms and MRIs, among others.
Coloplast can’t shake personal injury suit over urethral sling
Legal news: NuVasive can review Lanx contacts with employees
NuVasive Inc. (NSDQ:NUVA) can review documents covering Lanx Inc.‘s contacts with current and former NUVA employees it alleges were poached by Lanx.
Legal: 1st DePuy metal-on-metal hip lawsuit hits Ireland
The controversy over Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics’ recalled metal-on-metal hip implants hit courts in Ireland for the 1st time this week.
AngioDynamics offers updates on fleet of lawsuits
In additional to touting a 53% spike in sales, AngioDynamics’ (NSDQ:ANGO) 1st-quarter earnings report detailed a raft of ongoing lawsuits over infringed patents, jilted employees and soured distribution agreements.