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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

        http://ow.ly/nhU0

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

http://ow.ly/hM80

Medtronic to pay DePuy Spine $179M to satisfy a judgment in a patent infringement suit over pedicle screws

http://ow.ly/ge6M