Nevro (NYSE:NVRO) and Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) announced today that they reached a settlement over intellectual property litigations. The settlement gives Boston Scientific the freedom to operate using the features and capabilities embodied in its current line of products for frequencies below 1,500 Hz, with Nevro given the freedom to operate using the features and capabilities […]
Patent Infringement
Federal Circuit deals Abbott’s St. Jude Medical a setback in catheter IP case
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 […]
Surgeon wins $20M verdict against J&J’s DePuy Synthes
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 […]
Fujifilm Sonosite files patent infringement lawsuit against Butterfly Network over handheld ultrasound
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 […]
Align Technology settles patent infringement, antitrust suits with 3Shape
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 […]
Design patents can provide extra protection for medical robots
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 […]
Ocular Therapeutix claims win as court invalidates drug delivery patent from Mati
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 […]
Boston Scientific settles patent dispute with Micro-Tech Endoscopy over hemostasis clips
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.
Medtronic’s IP dispute against Axonics could resume in court after PTAB decisions
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 […]
Axonics loses IP challenge to Medtronic patents
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 […]
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 there is now a whole ecosystem of specialized experts serving the […]