Axonics Modulation Technologies (NSDQ:AXNX) announced today that it won FDA premarket approval for its r-SNM sacral neuromodulation system for the treatment of overactive bladder and urinary retention. The implantable, rechargeable sacral neuromodulation device is the first of its kind approved for sale in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia. It is also the only SNM device […]
Appeals court gives NeuroGrafix another shot at Brainlab in patent dispute
A federal appeals court has reinstated a long-running MRI patent lawsuit that NeuroGrafix brought against Brainlab. Santa Monica, Calif.-based NeuroGrafix claims that Brainlab (Munich, Germany) infringed on an MRI imaging patent. Two lower courts had dismissed the suit, but a three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled yesterday that the latest ruling was “procedurally improper” […]
Medtronic appeals $24m patent loss to Supremes
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its nearly $24 million loss in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a physician inventor. In February 2014, Dr. Mark Barry alleged that Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic infringed on three patents covering a “system and method for aligning vertebrae in the amelioration of aberrant spinal column […]
Supremes deny Zimmer Biomet in $250m loss to Stryker
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to take up the Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) appeal of a $248 million loss to Stryker (NYSE:SYK) in a patent infringement case. The case dates back to December 2010, when Stryker sued orthopedics rival Zimmer, alleging infringement of 3 patents covering wound debridement technology by Zimmer’s Pulsavac Plus device. Last December the U.S. Court […]
Stimwave appeals injunction in Nevro patent war
Stimwave yesterday appealed a preliminary injunction barring it from using higher-frequency neurostim to treat chronic pain in a patent spat with rival Nevro (NYSE:NVRO). Redwood City, Calif.-based Nevro brought the suit in February, alleging that Stimwave infringed on patents related to Nevro’s Senza system and HF10 therapy. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, […]
Abiomed claims win over Abbott’s Thoratec in German patent case
Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) today claimed a win in a German patent infringement case brought by Abbott (NYSE:ABT) subsidiary Thoratec. The Danvers, Mass.-based heart pump maker said Germany’s highest court ruled in its favor in a patent challenge dating back to 2015. St. Jude Medical acquired Thoratec in October 2015 and was in turn acquired by Abbott […]
KFx defeats Stryker challenge to shoulder anchor patent
UPDATED Sept. 18, 2019, with additional inter partes win for KFx. KFx Medical yesterday defeated a challenge by Stryker (NYSE:SYK) to one of its patents covering orthopedic suture anchors when the U.S. Patent Trial & Appeals board declined to initiate an inter partes review. U.S. patent no. 7,585,311, covering a “System and method for attaching […]
Appeals court tosses two ConforMIS patents despite settlement with Smith & Nephew
A federal appeals court has upheld U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions invalidating two ConforMIS (NSDQ:CFMS) patents for patient-specific knee implants, even though ConforMIS and Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) settled their dispute last year for $10.5 million. Bedford, Mass.-based ConforMIS sued the British healthcare giant in 2016 in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, alleging infringement […]
Mallinckrodt shares fall following loss in patent dispute
Shares in Mallinckrodt Hospital Products (NYSE: MNK) have fallen 19% since a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that industrial gas company Praxair did not infringe its patents for a nitric oxide (iNO) delivery system. Nitric oxide gas has long been used to treat infants experiencing hypoxic respiratory failure and Mallinckrodt is the exclusive U.S. supplier […]
Dexcom claims win in patent war with AgaMatrix unit Waveform Technologies
Dexcom Inc. (NSDQ:DXCM) last week claimed a win along one front of its patent war with AgaMatrix subsidiary WaveForm Technologies, when an Oregon federal court dismissed a lawsuit alleging that its continuous glucose monitors infringe WaveForm patents. Wilsonville, Ore.-based WaveForm sued Dexcom in March 2016, alleging infringement of a trio of patents covering a compound […]
BD sues Stryker over PureWick catheter patents
Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) this week levied a lawsuit against Stryker (NYSE:SYK), alleging infringement of patents covering its PureWick female external catheter. The lawsuit, filed August 12 in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, accused Stryker’s Sage Products subsidiary of violating two patents covering the PureWick device with Sage’s competing PrimaFit device, which Stryker acquired along with […]
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