A federal appeals court yesterday tossed AngioScore‘s $20 million win over TriReme Medical and a pair of related companies, ruling that the case never should have made it to the federal level. Just more than a year ago, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for Northern California ruled that AngioScore founder Eitan Konstantino violated his duties to AngioScore when […]
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TriReme, founder win AngioScore patent spat, lose bid for legal fees
AngioScore lost the patent infringement portion of its legal war with co-founder and former board member Eitan Konstantino, but won’t have to pay its opponents’ $4.8 million legal tab, a federal judge ruled this week. AngioScore, which accused Konstantino of violating his fiduciary duties when he started TriReme Medical, Quattro Vascular and QT Vascular, won a $20 million […]
QT Vascular wins stay in $20m loss to AngioScore
QT Vascular and a pair of related companies last week won a stay in their $20 million loss to AngioScore so their appeal can proceed. In July, a federal judge ruled that founder Eitan Konstantino violated his duties to AngioScore when he started QT Vascular, TriReme Medical and Quattro Vascular. AngioScore, which Spectranetics (NSDQ:SPNC) acquired last year for $230 million, accused Konstantino of breaching his fiduciary duties […]
TriReme appeals $20m loss to AngioScore
TriReme Medical and a pair of related companies are appealing a $20 million loss to AngioScore after a federal judge ruled that founder Eitan Konstantino violated his duties to AngioScore when he started TriReme, Quattro Vascular and QT Vascular. AngioScore, which Spectranetics (NSDQ:SPNC) acquired last year for $230 million, accused Konstantino of breaching his fiduciary duties to AngioScore by developing the TriReme’s Chocolate balloon catheter, […]
UPDATE: Spectranetics’ AngioScore wins $20m from Trireme, founder Konstantino
UDATED July 8, 2015, with comment from QT Vascular, stock performance. AngioScore last week won a $20 million judgment against co-founder and former board member Eitan Konstantino, after a federal judge ruled that Konstantino violated his duties to AngioScore when he started TriReme Medical, Quattro Vascular and QT Vascular. AngioScore, which Spectranetics (NSDQ:SPNC) acquired last year for […]
University of Michigan sues St. Jude Medical for breach of contract


The University of Michigan is suing St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ), accusing the medical device maker of failing to pay $4.3 million in royalties on sales of St. Jude’s Epic and Trifecta cardiovascular valves.