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, […]
Ortho devicemakers Hensler and Tobra face off in patent lawsuit
Hensler Surgical (Wilmington, N.C.) filed a patent infringement lawsuit yesterday accusing competitor Tobra Medical of infringing a newly-issued patent for an orthopedic surgery device. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of North Carolina, the lawsuit alleges that Tobra founder and president Bradford Collins contacted Hensler in early 2017 and expressed interest in […]
J&J’s Ethicon gets to substitute 20 new claims on surgical stapler patent
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) may file new claims in a surgical stapler patent case brought by Intuitive Surgical (NSDQ:ISRG) against J&J’s Ethicon unit. The original patent was granted in 2015. Ethicon sued Intuitive in Delaware in 2017, alleging that with the EndoWrist stapler Intuitive developed for its da Vinci robot-assisted surgery platform, Intuitive violates seven Ethicon […]
Federal appeals court dismisses appeal in Resmed, Fisher & Paykel patent case
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has dismissed a Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (NZE:FPH) appeal of a breathing masks patent decision involving ResMed (NYSE:RMD). The two companies already settled all outstanding patent infringement disputes worldwide in a deal announced in February, with Resmed then seeking to dismiss Fisher & Paykel’s appeal of the U.S. Patent […]
Everything you need to know about medical device creation
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 the companies serving the medical device industry have become specialized experts. […]
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