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Patent Infringement

Federal Circuit deals Abbott’s St. Jude Medical a setback in catheter IP case

April 12, 2022 By Sean Whooley

A Federal Circuit court ruled that Abbott (NYSE:ABT) must face patent infringement claims going back to St. Jude Medical. Abbott acquired St. Jude Medical for $25 billion in 2017. A year ago, it won a patent dispute over the method for using a double catheter in heart failure patients. Niazi Licensing sued St. Jude in […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Catheters, Featured, Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement, Structural Heart Tagged With: Abbott, Niazi Licensing, stjudemedical

Surgeon wins $20M verdict against J&J’s DePuy Synthes

March 15, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

A federal jury hit DePuy Synthes with a $20 million verdict payable to a surgeon who said the Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) orthopedic unit stole his patented technology. The surgeon, Dr. Gary Lynn Rasmussen of Utah, invented a device for aligning and positioning the prosthesis in knee replacement procedures, according to court records. He applied […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Legal News, Orthopedics, Patent Infringement Tagged With: DePuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson

Fujifilm Sonosite files patent infringement lawsuit against Butterfly Network over handheld ultrasound

March 9, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Fujifilm Sonosite announced today that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Butterfly Network (NYSE:BFLY). Bothell, Washington–based Fujifilm Sonosite filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, asserting seven patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 7,169,108; 7,867,168; 8,128,050; 8,861,822; 9,538,985; 6,901,157; and 8,360,981) pertaining to fundamental technologies for acquiring ultrasound images at the point […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Health Technology, Imaging, Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement, Software / IT, Ultrasound Tagged With: Butterfly Network, Fujifilm, Fujifilm Sonosite

Align Technology settles patent infringement, antitrust suits with 3Shape

February 8, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

Align Technology (Nasdaq: ALGN) has settled its five-year legal dispute with Denmark-based dental scanner and software maker 3Shape. The settlement, announced yesterday, covers 3Shape’s patent infringement claims pending in federal courts in Delaware and eastern Texas. 3Shape also had an antitrust claim pending against Align in Delaware District Court, and both companies had petitions to […]

Filed Under: Dental, Featured, Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement Tagged With: 3Shape, Align Technology

Design patents can provide extra protection for medical robots

January 5, 2022 By MassDevice

Filing design patents can protect a medical robot’s overall aesthetic and the software user interface. Roman Fayerberg, Todd C. Basile and David J. Dykeman, Greenberg Traurig Medical robotics companies often emphasize utility patents when building strategic patent portfolios, given the complex nature of robotics technology. However, don’t overlook design patents, which provide another layer of […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Legal News, Patent Infringement, Robotics, Surgical Tagged With: design patents, Greenberg Traurig, intellectual property, robot-assisted, Robotic Surgery

Ocular Therapeutix claims win as court invalidates drug delivery patent from Mati

November 9, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Ocular Therapeutix (NSDQ:OCUL) announced today that an appeals court invalidated a drug delivery system patent held by Mati Therapeutics. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., invalidated the patent related to a drug delivery system containing dexamethasone, affirming the judgment made in June 2020 by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Drug-Device Combinations, Implants, Legal News, Optical/Ophthalmic, Patent Infringement, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Ocular Therapeutix

Boston Scientific settles patent dispute with Micro-Tech Endoscopy over hemostasis clips

October 21, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) said yesterday that it has resolved its patent infringement litigation against Micro-Tech Endoscopy over hemostasis clips used in endoscopy procedures. The clips are applied to tissue or blood vessels to stop gastrointestinal bleeding. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.

Filed Under: Endoscopic, Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement, Surgical Tagged With: Boston Scientific, Micro-Tech Endoscopy

Medtronic’s IP dispute against Axonics could resume in court after PTAB decisions

September 23, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Axonics (NSDQ:AXNX) could see their patent dispute over neurostimulation technology resume in court. Yesterday, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office affirmed an additional three patents in a long-term dispute between the companies over intellectual property for Medtronic’s Interstim sacral neuromodulation (SNM) system, completing the review process […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Gynecological, Legal News, Men's Health, Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, Patent Infringement, Urology, Women's Health Tagged With: Axonics, Axonics Modulation Technologies, Medtronic

Axonics loses IP challenge to Medtronic patents

September 14, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced that it picked up three victories in an intellectual property (IP) dispute against Axonics (NSDQ:AXNX) over sacral neuromodulation devices. According to a news release, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) rejected Axonics’ attempt to invalidate three Medtronic patents in its IP infringement lawsuit related to Medtronic’s […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Legal News, Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, Patent Infringement Tagged With: Axonics Modulation Technologies, Medtronic, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

Everything you need to know about medical device creation

September 2, 2021 By Chris Newmarker

Medtech development is hard. Medical device creation can require manufacturing know-how in areas as wide-ranging as electrical components, high-performance polymers, molding and machining — and that doesn’t even include the required expertise in design, regulatory requirements and achieving reimbursement. The good news is that there is now a whole ecosystem of specialized experts serving the […]

Filed Under: Catheters, Contract Manufacturing, DeviceTalks Q&A, Featured, Materials Testing, Outsourcing, Patent Infringement, Product Liability, Regulatory/Compliance, Research & Development, Sterilization / Calibration Tagged With: Abbott, B. Braun, coolis tool holder, Freudenberg Medical, Heraeus, Medical Device Handbook, MedPlast, robin industries

Conformis, Stryker settle in Wright Medical patent infringement litigation

July 7, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Conformis (NSDQ:CFMS) announced today that it settled with Stryker (NYSE:SYK) to resolve patent litigation involving Wright Medical. Billerica, Mass.based Conformis said in a news release and SEC filing that Stryker —  which acquired Wright Medical in November 2020 — will make a one-time $15 million payment to Conformis. Stryker in return will receive a non-exclusive license […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Implants, Legal News, Orthopedics, Patent Infringement Tagged With: conformis, Stryker

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