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Wound Care
Wound care war between Kinetic Concepts and Smith & Nephew goes another round
A federal judge in Texas shot down a salvo fired by Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) in its wound care war with Smith & Nephew (SNN), denying KCI’s motion to bar its British competitor from marketing negative pressure wound therapy kits using foam dressings.
KCI sued Smith & Nephew for patent infringement, alleging that its Renasys-F foam dressing kits violated a pair of KCI patents. The San Antonio, Texas-based wound care firm wanted Judge Royal Fergeson of the U.S. District Court for Western Texas to enjoin Smith & Nephew from selling any NPWT kits using the Renasys dressing.