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Judge Orders Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. to Produce Compliance Reports

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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A federal judge overseeing a raft of cases filed against Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary over its Pinnacle hip implants orders the medical device company to provide compliance monitoring reports...

BioPorto???s NGAL Cut-Off Patent - Processing of the Appeal in the Opposition Case

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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With reference to announcement no. 8, 2012, the European Patent Office (EPO) has set the date of processing of the appeal concerning rejection of BioPortos NGAL cutoff patent, issued in Europe. The case is...

German Police Seize Nearly 200 Stents From Boston Scientific Corporation

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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WIESBADEN, Germany, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical device manufacturer OrbusNeich Medical Inc. and its subsidiary...

Terumo Medical Corporation Obtains Withdrawal by Vascular Solutions of the R-Band™ Radial Hemostasis Device

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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SOMERSET, N.J., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Terumo Medical Corporation (Terumo), today announced that it was pleased...

Supreme Court to Hear Medtronic, Inc.'s Appeal of Boston Scientific Corporation's CRM Patent Win

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Medtronic's appeal of a patent infringement loss to rival Boston Scientific over cardiac rhythm management technology. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Medtronic's...

RS Medical Reaches Settlement on Investigation

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--International Rehabilitative Sciences, Inc., d/b/a RS Medical, today announced it has reached a settlement with the United States Department of Justice addressing actions taken...

Moglia Advisors, as Sales Advisors to Deborah K. Ebner, Bankruptcy Trustee, to Sell the Intellectual Property and Related Assets of NanoInk, Inc.

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Schaumburg, IL May 15, 2013 Moglia Advisors announces an extraordinary acquisition opportunity for an acquisition of equipment and intellectual property in the areas of nano scale brand protection, with...

PIP Breast Implant Founder "Should Get Four Years in Jail"

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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The implants, which are twice as likely to rupture as other makes, were given to an estimated 300,000 women worldwide, including 47,000 in Britain. More than 4,000 women have reported ruptures in the implants...

C.R. Bard Closes Federal Cancer Treatment Beef for $51 Million

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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C.R. Bard closes the deal it made last year with federal authorities to settle a probe into its brachytherapy cancer treatment business in return for a $51 million payment. C.R. Bard (NYSE:BCR) said it closed...

Orbus Neich Says Boston Scientific Corporation is Misleading Preliminary Court Injunction

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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OrbusNeich Obtains Additional Preliminary Injunction Against Boston Scientific in Germany

WIESBADEN, Germany, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire...

Ex-ArthroCare Corporation Exec Pleads Guilty to $400 Million Stock Fraud Scheme

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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David Applegate, the former senior vice president for ArthroCare's spinal business, pleads guilty to federal charges that he helped run a $400 million scheme to defraud investors. Ex-ArthroCare (NSDQ:ARTC) executive...

Medtronic, Inc. Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $74 Million Loss Against Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Medtronic's CoreValve subsidiary asks the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its appeal of a lower court's decision to uphold a $74 million verdict in favor of Edwards Lifesciences and its Sapien heart valve. Medtronic...

Rosetta Genomics Ltd. Receives Full Settlement Payment From

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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PHILADELPHIA and REHOVOT, Israel, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd...

Hansen Medical Announces Agreement in Principle to Settle Securities Class Action

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwired - May 08, 2013) - Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular...

U.S. Justice Dept. Closes St. Jude Medical Riata Probe

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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The U.S. Justice Dept. closes an investigation into St. Jude Medical's recalled Riata defibrillators leads without charging the company with allegations of misconduct. Healthcare giant St. Jude Medical (NYSE...

Jury Hits Advanced Bionics Corporation With $7 Million Judgment Over Recalled HiRes 90k Cochlear Implant

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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A Kentucky jury finds Advanced Bionics negligent in the design & manufacture of its recalled HiRes 90k cochlear implant, issuing a $7.2 million award that included $6.3 million in punitive damages. A federal...

USPTO Rejects All Claims Subject to Reexamination in the CAO Group's Patent Action Against BIOLASE Technology, Inc.

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - May 07, 2013) - BIOLASE, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOL), the world's leading dental laser manufacturer...

Feds Dismiss Charges Against 1 of Quartet Accused of Insider Trading on Abbott Laboratories/Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. Buyout

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Federal regulators drop charges against 1 of the accused charged with insider trading in connection with Abbott's 2009 buyout of Advanced Medical Optics. Federal investigators late last month moved to drop charges...

OrbusNeich Enforces Injunction Against Boston Scientific Corporation in Germany

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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WIESBADEN, Germany, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OrbusNeich Medical, Inc. and its German subsidiary, OrbusNeich Medical GmbH (collectively "OrbusNeich...

ITC Judge Finds ClearCorrect Infringes All of Align Technology, Inc.'s Asserted Patents

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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3M Unitek and Rocky Mountain Orthodontics Settle Patent Infringement Litigation

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M Unitek announced today it has successfully resolved U.S. and French patent lawsuits related to sales by RMO, Inc. (doing business as Rocky Mountain Orthodontics) of customized...

Bellwether DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Trial Delayed

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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A bellwether trial in the federal multidistrict litigation against DePuy Orthopaedics and its ASR XL metal-on-metal hip implant has been delayed by a month. MassDevice.com reports that Judge David Katz...

United Medical Devices Wins Verdict Against Playsafe Principals Iehab Hawatmeh and Fadi Nora

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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LOS ANGELES, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This past Monday April 29th, a

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Probed Over Federal Insider Trading

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSII), a medical-device maker that a news report said is part of a probe of corporate insider investment vehicles, said it got requests for information from the U.S. government...

OrbusNeich Gets Preliminary Injunction Against Boston Scientific Corporation in Patent Case

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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WIESBADEN, Germany, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical device manufacturer OrbusNeich Medical Inc. and its subsidiary, OrbusNeich Medical GmbH (collectively, "OrbusNeich...

Vascular Solutions Can't Dodge Illegal Marketing Lawsuit

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A Texas court denies Vascular Solutions' attempt to dismiss federal lawsuit over alleged illegal marketing of Vari-Lase varicose vein treatment devices. Minnesota medical device maker Vascular Solutions (NSDQ:VASC) wasn't able to dodge a federal off-label marketing lawsuit over its Vari-Lase varicose vein treatment devices, the company revealed in its latest financial report. A Texas court ruled last...

Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Aims to Reverse $8.3 Million Metal Hip Implant Loss

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics asks a California judge to stay an $8.3 million jury decision against the company while attorneys file an appeal. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and its DePuy...

Johnson & Johnson Jury Urged to Award $5 Million for Failed Metal Hip

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)s DePuy unit defectively designed a metal-on-metal hip implant and should award an Illinois nurse at least $5 million for harm caused by her devices failure, her lawyer argued to a Chicago jury. DePuy knowingly sold defective ASR hips before J&J, the worlds largest seller of health-care products, recalled all 93,000 of the metal-on-metal implants in August 2010, said Denman...

Philips Electronics UK Ltd. to Pay $4.5 Million to Settle Allegations

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Dutch electronics giant Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (PHG, PHIA.AE) agreed to pay U.S. regulators $4.5 million to resolve allegations of foreign bribery, a spokeswoman said. The company said in February 2011 that it disclosed an internal investigation to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department regarding allegations connected to an indictment issued by Polish authorities...

MAKO Surgical Corp. Wins Injunction Against Ex-Sales Veep, Blue Belt Technologies, Inc.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A judge hands Mako Surgical an injunction against Blue Belt Technologies and ex-Mako sales vice president Jeff Gellman, ending a breach of contract lawsuit between the robotic surgery companies. Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO) won an injunction restricting a former sales executive's ability to work for rival Blue Belt Technologies in a breach of contract lawsuit leveled between the robotic surgery companies...

Former FDA Official Testifies on Behalf of Johnson & Johnson's DePuy in Metal Hip Implant Lawsuit

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A former FDA compliance officer testifies in a trial against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics that the companies followed federal rules for monitoring its now recalled metal-on-metal hip implants. A former FDA official told jurors this week that Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics followed proper federal guidelines in monitoring its now-recalled metal-on-metal...

Court Reverses $482 Million Case Against Johnson & Johnson's Cordis Corporation

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Cordis Corp, a Johnson and Johnson (JNJ.N) subsidiary, did not infringe on a patent owned by a radiologist in making its Cypher stents, an appeals court said on Thursday, reversing a ruling by a lower court that ordered Cordis to pay $482 million. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a ruling from a Texas jury, which found Cordis guilty of infringement and ordered the payment. The...

St. Jude Medical Hit by More Suits

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. was hit Thursday by a number of suits in California state and federal courts by plaintiffs who say defects in the now-recalled Riata defibrillator wires led to injuries or deaths.

Decision Diagnostics Corp. and Its Subsidiary Pharmatech Solutions, Inc. Sue Johnson & Johnson Division LifeScan, Inc. and LifeScan Scotland Ltd. for Antitrust Violations

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - April 04, 2013) - Decision Diagnostics Corp. (OTCBB: DECN) the exclusive world-wide sales, service and regulatory processes agent for the Shasta GenStrip, the revolutionary at-home glucose test strip specifically designed to work with the Johnson & Johnson's LifeScan family...

MAKO Surgical Corp. Secures Court-Ordered Permanent Injunction Against Blue Belt Technologies, Inc.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MAKO Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq:MAKO) today announced that it has obtained an Order Granting Permanent Injunction enjoining Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. from engaging a former MAKO employee and requiring the destruction of all proprietary MAKO business information in Blue Belt's possession. On January 30, 2013, Blue Belt announced that former MAKO...

Covidien plc Nets $177 Million From Johnson & Johnson Unit in Scalpel Patent Suit

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday awarded medical supplier Covidien PLC $176.5 million in damages after finding that Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. infringed three of Covidien's patents covering ultrasonic scalpels.

Update on Stryker Corporation Hip Recall: Claims Could Cost $190 to $390 Million

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 29, 2013 -- The hip implant resource center at DrugRisk.com is announcing new information on the site for patients that may have been affected by the recent Stryker hip recall. The company has informed investors they are attempting to resolve claims as patients alleging injury have requested cases be moved to a federal court.

DrugRisk was created to provide patients...

ResMed Inc. Takes Action to Enforce Patents

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SAN DIEGO, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ResMed, an innovator and pioneer in developing products for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory conditions, has filed parallel legal actions in the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. federal court to stop the infringement of ResMed...

Medical Device Maker Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. Loses Approval Fight

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cytori Therapeutics (CYTX) today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled on the Companys conjoined appeals (case no. 11-1268).

The court upheld the FDAs (Food and Drug Administration) previous determination that Cytoris cell processing devices were not substantially equivalent to the cited predicate devices...

Illumina, Inc. Beats Life Technologies DNA Patent Infringement Claims

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) announced today that District Court Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted Illuminas motion for summary judgment that its sequencing systems do not infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 5,616,478; 5,958,698 and 6,001,568, being asserted by Life Technologies Corporation in a lawsuit filed against...

Compensation Justified in DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. $8.35 Million Verdict

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 21, 2013 -- Chaffin Luhana LLP, a national plaintiffs-only law firm with offices in New York and the greater Pittsburgh area, today commented on the $8.35 million verdict in the first DePuy ASR hip lawsuit to go to trial, (Kransky (Ellis) v. DePuy, et al., No. BC456086 (Los Angeles Super. Ct.) stating that the award was justified and that they were pleased that plaintiff...

Syntrix Wins $96 Million Verdict Against Illumina, Inc. in DNA Patent Suit

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) today announced that a federal jury in Tacoma, Washington found that Illuminas BeadChip array product infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,951, 682, asserted by Syntrix Biosystems, Inc. The federal jury ordered Illumina to pay approximately $96 million in damages to Syntrix based on a royalty rate of six percent for BeadChip products sold by Illumina from...

Johnson & Johnson Must Pay $8.3 Million Over Defective Hip, Jury Says

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)s DePuy unit defectively designed a metal-on-metal hip implant and was negligent, a California jury decided in the first of 10,750 lawsuits over the device to go to trial. The Los Angeles jury awarded $8.3 million in compensatory damages to Loren Bill Kransky, a retired prison guard from Montana, after finding that the design of the ASR XL hip caused his injuries. Jurors also...

Suit Against Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. Dismissed by Texas Court

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SAN CLEMENTE, CA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2013) - Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. (OTCQB: MMTC) announced that on March 7th the Travis County Texas District Court granted the Company's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Alpine MIT Partners, LLC (Alpine) in May 2012.

As previously disclosed by the...

ZOLL Medical Corporation Wins Patent Infringement Case Against

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that the District Court of Munich, Germany, ruled in favor of ZOLL in granting an injunction against ELan Med GmbH of Cologne, Germany, for infringing on a ZOLL patent through the distribution and sale of certain ELan products for use with ZOLLs Intravascular...

OrbusNeich File Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Boston Scientific Corporation in Ireland

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OrbusNeich Medical Inc. and its subsidiary, Orbus International B.V., (collectively, "OrbusNeich") today announced that they have commenced a patent infringement lawsuit in Ireland against Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE...

Medtronic, Inc. Pays $84 Million to Settle Edwards Lifesciences TAVI Patent Infringement

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Medical device giant Medtronic pays the $83.6 million it owed for a transcatheter aortic valve replacement patent infringement loss to rival Edwards Lifesciences. Medical device monolith Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) paid $83.6 million to settle a years-long patent infringement lawsuit with Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW), according to regulatory filings. Edwards revealed earlier this month that Medtronic had...

Johnson & Johnson Gambled on Hip Implant Safety, Lawyer Alleges

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson played "Russian roulette" with patient safety by ignoring high failure rates and surgeons' complaints about its once-popular artificial hip, a Los Angeles jury was told during closing arguments at a high-stakes medical trial for the company. Jurors heard arguments from both sides Thursday in a case that pits the world's biggest seller of medical products against Loren...

Allergan Inc. Settles Oklahoma Botox Case During Trial

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Allergan Inc. (AGN) reached a confidential settlement during trial with the mother of a 6-year-old Oklahoma boy who wound up on a ventilator after he was injected with Botox. The mother of Jackson Wells claimed the injection, given to treat spasticity in his legs, caused the boy to develop acute botulism, leaving him unable to breathe on his own. Jessica Wells also claimed Allergan promoted the drug...

Stryker Corporation Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Lawsuits Consolidated in N.J.

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Strykers legal troubles continue to mount following the recall of its Rejuvenate and ABG II modular-neck hip stem implants in July 2012. In January 2013, Judge Brian Martinotti was appointed by the Supreme Court in New Jersey to handle the growing number of lawsuits filed against the joint manufacturer in that state, the New Jersey Law Journal reported. Martinotti signed the multicounty litigation...

Jury Awards $3.35 Million in Vaginal Mesh Case Against Johnson & Johnson

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A jury on Monday said Johnson & Johnson should pay a South Dakota woman $3.35 million for failing to adequately warn her doctor of the potential dangers of a vaginal mesh implant made by the company's Ethicon subsidiary, and for misrepresenting the product in brochures. It was the first verdict among some 1,800 vaginal mesh cases pending in New Jersey against Ethicon and J&J and could have an impact...

Med BioGene Update to Ongoing Signal Genetics LLC and Lawsuit

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 25, 2013) - Med BioGene Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MBI) today provided an update in regard to its ongoing litigation with Signal Genetics LLC and Respira Health LLC.

In February 2011, Signal and Respira filed a lawsuit against MBI and its commercial partner, Precision Therapeutics, Inc., in the Supreme Court of the State of New York asserting twelve...

Syneron Medical Ltd. Settles U.S. Patent Infringement Lawsuit With EndyMed Medical and

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

YOKNEAM, Israel, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Syneron Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ:ELOS), the leading global aesthetic device company announced today, jointly with EndyMed Medical Ltd. and Eclipse Aesthetics, that Syneron has dismissed its United States patent infringement lawsuit against...

Harvest Technologies Corporation Files Amended Patent Infringement Complaint Against ThermoGenesis and Celling Technologies

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

PLYMOUTH, Mass., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvest Technologies Corporation (Harvest) announced that it filed an amended patent infringement complaint on February 15, 2013 in the US District Court of Delaware against ThermoGenesis Corporation (ThermoGenesis) and Celling Technologies...

Allergan Inc.'s Botox Put Boy on Respirator, Lawyer Tells Jury

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Allergan Inc. pushed Botox for use by children without regulatory approval, said a lawyer for a 6-year-old Oklahoma boy who wound up on a ventilator after he was injected with the drug. The mother of Jackson Wells claims the injection, given to treat spasticity in his legs, caused the boy to develop acute botulism, leaving him unable to breathe on his own. While he was able to get off the respirator...

Jury Ends First Day of Deliberation in Johnson & Johnson Vaginal Mesh Implant Lawsuit

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A jury in Atlantic City ended its initial day of deliberations on the first lawsuit to go to trial over whether Johnson & Johnsons Ethicon unit properly designed a vaginal mesh implant and adequately warned of its risks. A panel of six women and three men is weighing a lawsuit by Linda Gross, a South Dakota nurse. She contends Ethicons design of her Gynecare Prolift was defective and blames the device...

A Doctor Can Finally Tell Fresenius Kabi AG: "I Told You So"

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Last year, we wrote that Fresenius Kabi got into a tussle with a Danish professor after he and several colleagues published a paper in The New England Journal of Medicine that concluded its hydroxyethyl starch treatment for sepsis may cause kidney failure and hemorrhages that may lead to patient death. The drugmaker reportedly threatened a lawsuit after the professor told ScienceNordic the treatment...

OrbusNeich Files Patent Infringement Actions Against Boston Scientific Corporation in Germany and the Netherlands

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OrbusNeich today announced that OrbusNeich Medical GmbH and Orbus International B.V., subsidiaries of OrbusNeich Medical, Inc., (collectively, "OrbusNeich") have commenced patent infringement actions in Germany and

Turnabout is Fair Play for Boston Scientific Corporation in Guidant Lawsuit

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

The federal government can depose employees of Boston Scientific's star-crossed Guidant subsidiary for a whistleblower lawsuit alleging violations of the False Claims Act. For Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and its ongoing legal woes over the blockbuster acquisition of Guidant Corp. , you win some and you lose some. The Natick, Mass.-based medical device company won a bid in December to compel the release...

Terumo Interventional Systems Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Vascular Solutions and Lepu Medical

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SOMERSET, N.J., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Terumo Medical Corporation (Terumo), today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vascular Solutions Inc. and Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd in the U.S. District Court of

Exergen Corporation Sues Over Thermometer Patent

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

WATERTOWN, Mass., Feb. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exergen Corporation, headquartered in Watertown, MA, has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against Brooklands Inc. of Boca Raton, FL, the supplier of the VeraTemp thermometer, alleging that Brooklands has infringed United States Patent No. 7,787,938 ('938 patent) owned by Exergen. The lawsuit alleges that Defendant has been...

TorkLaw Responds to FDA Warning Letter to St. Jude Medical Regarding Defective Heart Device

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Product liability law firm TorkLaw continues to pursue litigation against St. Jude Medical on behalf of injured patients and their families.

In December 2011, the Food and Drug Administration issued a Class 1 recall for the St. Jude Medical Riata leads after many adverse events were being reported in patients. Studies showed that the leads which connect...

Zimmer Told to Pay Stryker Corporation $70 Million in Patent Case

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Zimmer Holdings Inc. was told to pay $70 million to Stryker Corp. for infringing patents related to a device that removes damaged tissue and cleans bones during joint-replacement surgery. Zimmer infringed three Stryker patents, a federal jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said today. The jury also found the infringement was willful, meaning U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker can increase the award. The...

Cyberonics Inc. Announces Update on Lawsuit

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyberonics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYBX) today announced that the lawsuit filed by former employee Andrew Hagerty in federal district court in Massachusetts was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice by...

Mercantile Court in Spain Rules in Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZLTQ), a medical technology company focused on developing and commercializing products utilizing its proprietary controlled-cooling technology platform, today announced that the Mercantile Court in Spain rendered its ruling on the merits of ZELTIQs and Massachusetts General Hospitals (MGH) request for a permanent injunction against...

Johnson & Johnson Failed Own Safety Test in Hip Design

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) failed its own safety test in designing an all-metal hip implant and then changed the protocol instead of fixing the flaw, a witness testified in the first of 10,000 lawsuits to go to trial. George Samaras, a consultant, testified yesterday for Loren Kransky, who is suing J&J for defective design and failure to warn over an ASR XL hip he had replaced last year. J&J recalled...

Johnson & Johnson Study Predicted 37% Hip-Failure Rate

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

One year after Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) pulled 93,000 metal hip implants from the market, the company internally estimated that 37 percent of the devices would fail within 4.6 years, according to newly unsealed court records. J&J faces 10,000 lawsuits over its ASR hips, which it pulled in August 2010 after citing U.K. joint registry data showing that more than 12 percent failed within five years. The...

Whistleblower Claims Siemens AG' China Division Fired Him for Exposing Bribery Scheme

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Whistleblower Meng-Lin Liu accuses Siemens China of engaging in an illegal kickbacks scheme and of firing him when he brought evidence to the company's regional CFO. European technology giant Siemens (NYSE:SI) was sued by a former employee who claimed that he was fired for blowing the whistle on an illegal bribery scheme. Meng-Lin Liu, who worked in Siemens' China unit, said he was fired after he brought...

Ex-Siemens AG Worker Says he was Fired for Flagging Kickback

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Siemens AG, Europes largest engineering company, was sued by a former compliance officer in its China unit who claimed he was fired after exposing evidence of hospital kickbacks. Meng-Lin Liu filed a whistle-blower complaint in Manhattan federal court today, claiming he uncovered a scheme in which Siemens Ltd. China submitted inflated bids to sell medical diagnostic and scanning equipment to public...

United States District Court Rules in Favor of Ivera Medical Corporation Denying Excelsior Medical Corporation, Hospira, Inc. and Catheter Connections' Motions to Stay Patent Litigation Proceedings

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - January 15, 2013) - On January 9, 2013 the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California denied the motions of Excelsior Medical Corporation, Hospira, and Catheter...

Johnson & Johnson's Mesh Failure Rate Exceeded 20 Pct, Jury Told

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A prototype of a Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) vaginal mesh implant failed in 20 percent of women within six months even before the device was first sold in 2005, a company official testified today in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The company also found that 27 percent of the devices failed within a year, said Scott Ciarrocca, a project leader for the development of the device for J&Js Ethicon unit. French...

ArthroCare Corporation Updates on Remaining Federal Issues

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

ArthroCare president & CEO David Fitzgerald updates on a U.S. Justice Dept. investigation into the company's spine product sales and a False Claims Act investigation that has just come to light. ArthroCare (NSDQ:ARTC) president & CEO David Fitzgerald provided highlights on the company's ongoing beef with federal investigators, telling an audience at the J.P. Morgan healthcare conference in San Francisco...

9th Circuit Revives Medtronic, Inc. Pain Pump Suit

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A man who says he was paralyzed by a Medtronic Inc pain pump can pursue a state-law claim against the company, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous en banc decision, revived a lawsuit against Medtronic, overturning a lower court ruling that had found that federal law blocked the claims. The Food and Drug Administration approved Medtronic...

DOJ Sentences Another Former Orthofix, Inc. Employee for Medicare Fraud

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Another former Orthofix manager pleads guilty to forging patient medical records to justify reimbursement for procedures involving bone growth products. A federal judge this week handed down a sentence to a former Orthofix (NSDQ:OFIX) employee who admitted to years of patient medical record falsification. Derrick Field, an Orthofix manager between 2005 and 2011, falsified more than 100 Medicare claims...

Masimo Corporation Slaps Mindray Medical With Patent Infringement, Breach of Contract Lawsuit

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Masimo Corp. accuses its erstwhile partner, Mindray Medical, of patent infringement and breach of contract. Masimo (NSDQ:MASI) is accusing its onetime partner, Mindray (NYSE:MR), of patent infringement and breach of contract in a lawsuit filed in California last month. The complaint alleges that Mindray broke a more than 10-year-old deal to incorporate Masimo's pulse oximetry technology into its Beneview...

GI Dynamics Settles Patent Litigation With W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

LEXINGTON, Mass. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GI Dynamics, Inc. (GI Dynamics or the Company) (GID.AX) today announced that it has reached a settlement with W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore) in litigation brought by Gore in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (Court). Under the settlement, GI Dynamics retains exclusive ownership and control of its patent portfolio, and both parties...

Merz North America Announces the End of Court-Ordered Injunction

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merz North America (Merz Aesthetics, Inc. and Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC) announces that effective today, January 9, 2013, the court-ordered injunction has been lifted and patients and physicians now have access to a broader range of treatment options in aesthetic medicine, dermatology, and neurology. The violations that led to this injunction were directly attributable...

Mindray Medical Statement on Masimo Corporation Lawsuit Against

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mindray Medical International Limited ("Mindray," NYSE: MR), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced a statement on Masimo Corporation's lawsuit against Mindray.

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Align Technology, Inc. Provides Update on Enforcement Complaint Filed Against ClearCorrect With the U.S.

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Endologix Inc. Comments on Alleged Patent Infringement

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELGX), developer and marketer of innovative treatments for aortic disorders, announced today that it has become aware that Lifeport Sciences, LLC, which is affiliated with Acacia Research Corporation, has filed a lawsuit against Endologix in the United States District Court in Delaware alleging that Endologix's AFX Endovascular...