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Ivera hits Catheter Connections for alleged patent infringement

The suit involves a device designed to clean intravenous valves used in medical procedures.

HemCon seeks Chapter 11 after patent judgment appeal loss

HemCon Medical Technologies announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, after a U.S. Appeals Court decision to affirm a $34.2 million award for Marine Polymer Technologies.

Court upholds $371M patent decision against W.L. Gore, favoring Bard

A federal appeals court has sided with devicemaker C.R. Bard ( $BCR ) in a patent-infringement dispute with W.L. Gore dating back 38 years. The 2-1 ruling upholds a $371 million judgment against the

Philips sues Zoll alleging infringement of patents covering defibrillators

Royal Philips Electronics is suing Zoll Medical, alleging the latter infringed 6 patents related to external defibrillators. The suit names Zoll's E Series, M Series and R Series defibrillators,

Stryker unit suing Wright Medical, 2 others over patent

Stryker 's Howmedica Osteonics unit is hauling three device makers to court, accusing them of infringing a patent for a surgical implant used in hip replacements. Wright Medical Technology , as well as

Occlutech scores another win against St Jude-AGA Medical

Occlutech has received a favorable ruling in patent litigation with St Jude-AGA Medical from the District Court of Milan in Italy. In the ruling, the court determined Occlutech is not infringing the

Occlutech CEO scores win against St Jude-AGA Medical

Occlutech CEO Tor Peters has obtained a favorable ruling from a court in Duesseldorf, Germany in patent litigation initiated against him by St Jude-AGA Medical. Back in May, Occlutech received a

Medtronic awarded $101.2M in patent infringement case

Medtronic ( $MDT ) has won $101.2 million in damages after a San Diego jury found NuVasive's ( $NUVA ) CoRoent XL implants, MaXcess II and III retractors and Helix and Helix mini anterior cervical plates

Masimo hit with patent lawsuit

Masimo is being sued by Essential Medical Devices for patent infringement over an analyzer of carbon monoxide in the blood stream. The lawsuit involves the Rainbow SET technology used in pulse

Medtronic, NuVasive clash over patents

Medtronic and San Diego-based NuVasive are accusing one another of patent infringement in a case involving products used in minimally invasive surgeries. Medtronic's Warsaw Orthopedic unit is