ConforMIS sues Smith & Nephew, launches iTotal PS knee implant (press release)
Result of the ConforMIS-Wright Medical lawsuit ConforMIS Announces Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuits
ConforMIS leveled a lawsuit against Smith & Nephew this week, accusing the British orthopedics giant of trespassing on 8 patents covering the ConforMIS technology for patient-specific knee implants.
Bedford, Mass.-based ConforMIS also launched its iTotal PS, claiming it as the only customized posterior stabilized knee replacement system on the market.
The lawsuit against Smith & Nephew, filed in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, alleges that the London-based company’s Visionaire cutting guides, billed as “custom fit,” infringe the 8 ConforMIS patents. The Visionaire guides are used with off-the-shelf S&N implants, including the Journey II, Legion, and Genesis II devices, ConforMIS alleged.
The lawsuit accused Smith & Nephew of mis-promoting and inducing others to mispromote total knee arthroplasties using the Visionaire guides “as being ‘custom fit’ total-knee arthroplasty procedures, even though the end result uses a standard, off-the-shelf implant not customized for...
