Medtronic, NuVasive Spar Over Surgical Patent Infringement in Jury Trial

 
Medtronic, NuVasive Spar Over Surgical Patent Infringement in Jury Trial  (Bloomberg)
Medtronic Inc. (MDT) and NuVasive Inc., makers of medical devices for spinal surgery, are each seeking to convince a San Diego federal jury that the other infringed patents relating to products used in minimally invasive surgeries.
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc., a unit of Minneapolis-based Medtronic, accuses San Diego-based NuVasive of infringing three patents for implants capable of being inserted translaterally between adjacent vertebrae, a plate and screw system used to stabilize vertebrae in the c...