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Clearpath Robotics snags Intuitive Surgical design guru Hanuschik | Personnel Moves

August 5, 2015 By Fink Densford

Self-driving vehicle development company Clearpath Robotics said today it picked up Intuitive Surgical‘s (NSDQ:ISRG) director of design & management Mike Hanuschik. Hanuschik led the design and product management for Intuitive Surgical’s flagship da Vinci surgical robot system, the market leading robotic surgery platform. The da Vinci is used in over 500,000 procedures annually, according to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News Tagged With: AxoGen, Edwards Lifesciences, Haemonetics, Histogen Inc., Intelomed, Intuitive Surgical, Iridex Corp., JenaValve, Nu-Med Plus, Personnel Moves, Smith & Nephew, stjudemedical, vascularsolutions, Zimmer Biomet

MassDevice.com +3 | Bovie questions COO’s credentials, St. Jude announces FDA win amid Riata lead concerns and Histogen wins patent battle against SkinMedica

November 30, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This latest feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our three biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.

If you read nothing else today, make sure you’re still in the know with MassDevice +3.

Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Legal News, News Well Tagged With: Bovie Medical Corp., Histogen Inc., Personnel Moves, SkinMedica, stjudemedical

Histogen wins SkinMedica patent battle

November 30, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Histogen
SkinMedica

Histogen Inc. is declaring victory after a Southern California judge’s decision that its technique for growing human skin cells does not infringe a pair of patents covering SkinMedica’s NouriCel product line.

It’s the second time San Diego-based Histogen, which is primarily focused on regenerative medicine solutions for wound care, has touted a win from U.S. District Court Judge Janis Sammartino. The judge sided with Histogen on how the patents’ claims should be construed.

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement Tagged With: Given Imaging, Histogen Inc., IntroMedic, Legal Roundup, SkinMedica, The Cooper Cos.

Patent infringement plaintiffs rejoice: Appeals court raises the bar for inequitable conduct | Legal News

June 3, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Abbott
Becton, Dickinson

A federal appeals court made it harder for defendants in patent infringement cases to use an "atomic bomb" defense tactic called inequitable conduct in a lawsuit between an Abbott (NYSE:ABT) subsidiary and Becton, Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX).

Filed Under: Legal News, News Well, Patent Infringement Tagged With: Abbott, American Medical Systems Holdings Inc., becton dickinson, Greenberg Traurig, Histogen Inc., SkinMedica, Therasense

Histogenics CEO denies Israeli report of R&D layoffs | Personnel Moves

June 3, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Histogenics

Histogenics Corp., fresh from a merger with fellow Bay State firm Prochon Biotech, has no plans for layoffs, contrary to a report in an Israeli journal.

The Globes new outlet, a business daily based in Rishon Le-Zion, Israel, reported yesterday that Histogenics "will make substantial cuts" to its R&D unit in Ness Ziona.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Akonni Biosystems, Electromed, Histogen Inc., Histogenics, Layoffs, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, NovoStent Corp., Personnel Moves, ProChon Biotech Ltd., Unisyn Medical Technologies

Histogen drums up $10 million

December 2, 2010 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

Histogen logos

Histogen Inc. finally closed its Series A venture round.

The opened the round in May of 2008, but fundraising stalled in early 2009 when Carlsbad, Calif.-based SkinMedica Inc. sued the company for alleged patent infringement. Litigation related to the case is still ongoing.

The round’s investors included Secure Medical, Leonard Lavin, Lordship Ventures and Angus Mitchell.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, News Well, Regenerative Medicine Tagged With: Histogen Inc.

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