KCI uses favorable V.A.C. court ruling to stop Smith and Nephew from selling in their backyard
KCI Obtains Injunction against Smith & Nephew in United Kingdom (Press Release)
CareFusion sues Medtronic over kyphoplasty patents – Is this newcomer waking a sleeping lion?
Medtronic Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Spine Treatments by Law360 Let’s Get Ready to Rumble by OrthoSpineNews.com
Applied Spine Technologies awarded a unique articlulating screw patent – “Mounting mechanism for pedicle screws and related assemblies.”
Bruce Robie, Ph.D., company VP of Research and Development said, “The two key elements of an optimal dynamic stabilization device are a connector that can change length, and a mechanism that permits dynamic angulation between the connector and the pedicle screws, as the patient bends.” OrthopedicsThisWeek… http://ow.ly/K6eV
Medtronic CEO defends payments to physician consultants and stresses the value of medical devices and of surgeon alliances that can improve them
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MedIdea LLC filed a suit against Zimmer alleging infringement of 7 patents related to hip and shoulder replacements
Law360 http://ow.ly/ni23 MedIdea v. Zimmer Holdings http://ow.ly/ni2b
Medtronic wins lawsuit against Globus Medical over spine patent infringement
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Medtronic to pay DePuy Spine $179M to satisfy a judgment in a patent infringement suit over pedicle screws
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