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Hospital group purchasing organizations Novation and Premier signed seven new contracts this week for everything from surgical safety technology to central venous access catheters.
Novation awarded a three-year contract to Teleflex Inc. (NYSE:TFX) for its respiratory, anesthesia airway, central venous access, endotracheal tubes and chest drainage products.
Guide Flow LLC filed a lawsuit against six other firms, accusing them of infringing its patent for a "Catheter Guidewire and Flushing Apparatus and Method of Insertion."
The Newport Beach, Calif.-based firm accused C.R. Bard Inc. (NYSE:BCR), AngioDynamics Inc. (NSDQ:ANGO), Becton, Dickinson & Co. (NYSE:BDX), Medical Components Inc., Navilyst Medical Inc. and Smiths Medical ASD Inc. of violating the patent in a suit filed in the U.S. District Court for Utah.
