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Cochlear Ltd.

Supremes turn back Cochlear IP appeal

December 15, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a $268 million patent case appeal filed by Cochlear Ltd. (ASX:COH) against two competitors. The Australia-based hearing implant company had appealed a March 2020 federal appeals court decision upholding a U.S. District Court decision that awarded $268 million in damages to those competitors, the Alfred Mann Foundation and Advanced Bionics,  the […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Implants, Legal News, Patent Infringement Tagged With: Advanced Bionics LLC, Alfred E. Mann Foundation, Alfred Mann Foundation, Cochlear Ltd.

Cochlear agrees to $75M in attorneys’ fees in patent spat

August 19, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

Cochlear Ltd. (ASX:COH) has agreed to pay $75 million in attorneys’ fees on top of the $268 million in damages it was ordered to pay two competitors in June in a long-running patent fight. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on March 16 upheld a U.S. District Court decision that awarded the […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Legal News, Patent Infringement Tagged With: Advanced Bionics LLC, Alfred Mann Foundation, Cochlear Ltd.

FDA approves Cochlear sound processor

July 6, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Cochlear Ltd. (ASX:COH) announced today that it received FDA approval for three new products in its suite of implantable hearing technology. Lone Tree, Colo.-based Cochlear won approval for its Nucleus Kanso 2 sound processor, Nucleus 7 sound processor for Nucleus 22 implant recipients and Custom Sound Pro fitting software, according to a news release. Cochlear touts […]

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Implants, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: cochlear, Cochlear Americas, Cochlear Ltd., FDA

Cochlear loses appeal over $268m in patent damages

March 17, 2020 By Sean Whooley

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 […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Legal News, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Patent Infringement Tagged With: Advanced Bionics LLC, Alfred E. Mann Foundation, Alfred Mann Foundation, cochlear, cochlear implant, Cochlear Ltd.

FDA clears Cochlear piezoelectric hearing implant

December 11, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

The FDA has cleared a second-generation pioezoelectric bone-conduction hearing implant from Cochlear (ASX:COH), the company announced today. The Osia 2 system is an active osseointegrated, steady-state implant (OSI) that uses digital piezoelectric stimulation to bypass damaged areas of the natural hearing system to send sound vibrations directly to the inner ear. It is designed to […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Implants, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Pediatrics Tagged With: Cochlear Ltd., FDA

Judge raises patent award against Cochlear Ltd. to $268M

November 7, 2018 By Nancy Crotti

A federal judge in California has ordered Cochlear Ltd. (ASX:COH) to pay $268 million — double a jury’s previous award — to the Alfred E. Mann Foundation in a patent dispute. The foundation, named for one of the inventors of cochlear implant technology, sued Australia-based Cochlear in 2007, alleging infringement of a pair of patents covering […]

Filed Under: Legal News Tagged With: Alfred E. Mann Foundation, Cochlear Ltd.

Cochlear donates $10m to Johns Hopkins for new hearing loss center, research

March 2, 2018 By Fink Densford

Cochlear Ltd. (ASX:COH) said today it donated $10 million to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to found the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, which it touted as the first academic institute looking to address hearing loss as a global health priority. The new center is slated to be led by […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Tagged With: Cochlear Ltd.

Sensorion, Cochlear collab to study combo therapies for patients with cochlear implants

December 18, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Sensorion, a biotech working on therapies for inner ear diseases, said today that it inked a deal with Cochlear Ltd (ASX:COH) to study combination therapies for patients with cochlear implants. According to the deal, the companies will combine Sensorion’s SENS-401 compound with cochlear implants in preclinical studies starting next year. The drug-device therapies could be in clinical […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Drug-Device Combinations, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Pharmaceutical, Research & Development, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Cochlear Ltd., sensorion

FDA clears remote adjustments for Cochlear’s Nucleus implants

November 21, 2017 By Fink Densford

The FDA last week approved remote programming adjustments for Cochlear Ltd.‘s (ASX:COH) Nucleus cochlear implant, removing the need for a select group of users  to make repeat visits for in-person programming sessions. The newly-cleared remote programming feature is indicated for patients with 6 months of experience with their cochlear implant sound processors and who are […]

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Cochlear Ltd.

Cochlear launches iOS-connectable Nucleus 7 cochlear implant

July 26, 2017 By Fink Densford

Cochlear Ltd. (ASX:COH) today launched its Nucleus 7 sound processor cochlear implant, touting it as the smallest and lightest behind-the-ear implant sound processor available. The Sydney-based company said that the newly launched Nucleus 7, which won FDA clearance last month, is the 1st cochlear implant designed to connect directly with Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) iOS devices, allowing individuals to stream […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Tagged With: Cochlear Ltd.

Zimmer Biomet prez, CEO Dvorak unexpectedly resigns | Personnel Moves, July 12, 2017

July 12, 2017 By Fink Densford

Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said late yesterday its prez and CEO David Dvorak has resigned from his position at the head of the company, effective immediately, to be replaced on an interim basis by senior VP and CFO Daniel Florin until a permanent successor is named. The Warsaw, Ind.-based company said it is retaining “a leading executive search […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News Tagged With: Abiomed, Accuray Inc., Amendia, Boston Scientific, C.R. Bard, Cochlear Ltd., conformis, GE Healthcare, InVivo Corp., IsoRay, Johnson and Johnson, Lidco, Lumicell, Neurometrix, Philips, portal instruments, RenalGuard Solutions, Sanofi-Aventis, Spinal Elements, stjudemedical, Stryker, TherOx Inc, Zimmer Biomet

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