The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a U.S. District Court decision that awarded $268 million in damages from Cochlear Ltd. (ASX:COH) to two competitors in a patent dispute. Yesterday’s ruling comes after several years of legal battles over the patents for hearing implants, and likely won’t be the end, as Cochlear is […]
U.K. court bars Edwards TMVR sales, gives Abbott win in patent spat
A judge in the England issued an injunction yesterday barring Edwards Lifesciences from selling its Pascal transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) device in the U.K. A different judge had previously denied Abbott’s petition for such an injunction. Yesterday, Judge Colin Birss of the High Court of England and Wales also ruled that two patents held […]
Stimwave caves in patent spat with Nevro
Stimwave today announced it will cease all sales of its high-frequency spinal cord stimulation systems in exchange for dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit brought by rival Nevro (NYSE:NVRO). No damages were awarded to Nevro under the settlement. Redwood City, Calif.-based Nevro brought the suit in February 2019, alleging that Stimwave infringed on patents related to […]
J&J’s Ethicon mostly fends off Intuitive Surgical’s robotic surgery patent challenge
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon has kept most of a surgical robotics tool patent intact after a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision on a challenge from rival Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG). The board’s decision, dated Feb. 18, involved an Ethicon patent for a “Shiftable Drive Interface for Robotically-Controlled Surgical Tool,” issued in 2013. Out of […]
Abbott wins MitraClip patent spat with Edwards — for now
The U.S. Patent Trial and Review Board (PTAB) this week shot down an attempt by Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) to invalidate the patents that Abbott (NYSE:ABT) holds on its MitraClip transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) device. In a ruling published Thursday, the PTAB said Edwards failed to show that it would prevail in with at least one […]
Boston Scientific wins a round in patent spat with Micro-Tech
A federal judge in Delaware ruled yesterday that Boston Scientific may proceed in its patent dispute with Micro-Tech over hemostatic endoscopy clips. Boston Scientific filed the lawsuit against Micro-Tech USA and its Chinese manufacturer, Micro-Tech Nanjing, alleging that they infringed three of its patents for endoscopic hemostatic clips. Henry Schein (Melville, N.Y.) is named as […]
Masimo claims Apple infringed 10 of its health-monitoring patents
Patient-monitoring company Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) and spinoff company Cercacor filed suit yesterday accusing Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) of poaching its employees and infringing 10 of its patents to improve the health monitoring functions of the Apple Watch. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, claims that in 2013, Apple contacted Masimo and asked to meet regarding a […]
Doctor sues Apple over AF detector
A New York cardiologist claims Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is infringing his patent for a device to detect atrial fibrillation. Dr. Joseph Wiesel, a clinical assistant professor of cardiology at New York University School of Medicine, was granted the 7,020,514 patent in 2006 for a “method and apparatus to determine possible atrial fibrillation.” The apparatus comprises a […]
Axonics granted nine new patents
Sacral neuromodulation device-maker Axonics Modulation Technologies (NSDQ:AXNX) announced today that it won nine utility patents from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in 2019. Axonics’ patents cover the company’s lead design, patient remote control, external trial system, wireless charging, current control stimulation, electromyography and internal system electronics. The patent numbers are: 10,478,619; 10,406,369; 10,384,067; 10,376,704; 10,447,083; 10,449,277 […]
Appeals board agrees to examine Intuitive Surgical patent
The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to review the validity of an Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) patent that’s being challenged by Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) Auris Health. Auris filed a petition with the PTAB in June, arguing that the patent on Intuitive’s surgical navigation guidance system covers well-known ideas, according to a report by […]
Medtronic faces patent lawsuit over CoreValve tech
A decade-old company called Colibri Heart Valve is claiming in a lawsuit that Medtronic’s CoreValve line of TAVR devices are infringing on two of its patents. Founded in 2010, Broomfield, Colo.–based Colibri boasts that its TAVI system is the only one using dry tissue technology to allow for a pre-mounted, pre-crimped, and pre-loaded heart valve, […]
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