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Try typing COVID in your search engines and you will likely get billions of results. Meanwhile a bit more than 2 years before, this and the coronavirus word were ... Read More »
Johnson & Johnson announced on November 12, 2021, that it is planning to separate its Consumer Health Business and create a new publicly traded Consumer... Read More »
Written by: Paige L. Cappelli
On November 3, 2021 the FDA issued draft guidance titled “Content of Premarket Submissions for Device Software... Read More »
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Bioventus recently announced that its shareholders approved its agreement to acquire Misonix. Bioventus agrees to pay Misonix shareholders... Read More »
NeoChord, Inc. (“NeoChord”) announced on October 4, 2021 that it successfully completed a first-in-human procedure with the NeXuS Transcatheter... Read More »
The United States Department of Justice announced that medical device company Affordable Healthcare Solutions, LLC has pleaded guilty to charges related to... Read More »
Boston Scientific Corp. has agreed to acquire Devoro Medical Inc. in a deal expected to close this year. Boston Scientific previously held a 16%... Read More »
Baxter International Inc. (“Baxter”) has agreed to acquire Hillrom for $10.5 billion ($156 per share) in a deal expected to close in 2022. ... Read More »
The orthopedic industry traditionally sees significant levels of intellectual property litigation activity, and this year has been no different. One source of this... Read More »
According to an article published in Nature Biotechnology, Harvard and MIT researchers invented a face mask for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus... Read More »
Nephros, Inc. acquired GenArraytion, Inc., a manufacturer of infectious disease monitoring and measurement products. The acquisition is... Read More »
According to the FDA, the medical device industry experienced significant supply chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such disruptions caused... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a case resolving a patent dispute between two medical device companies, Hologic, Inc. and Minerva... Read More »
Can certain specific medical device details remain company know-how or protected trade secrets even if patents are pursued on the medical device? Consider the... Read More »
Written by: Tom Cowan
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) allows a patent applicant to pay reduced fees if it qualifies as a “small... Read More »
On June 3, 2021, Conformis continued its patent enforcement efforts involving patient-specific technologies by filing suit... Read More »
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. v. ITC
Before Newman, Lourie, and Dyk. Appeal from the ITC.
Summary: Patentees cannot escape the bounds of their claims by... Read More »
What does it require to bring a transformational innovation to patients? To address this question, the UCLA Biodesign Hub for MedTech and Digital... Read More »
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC. v. VETERINARY ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT, INC.
Before Prost, Clevenger, and Dyk. Appeal from the Middle District of Florida. ... Read More »
CANFIELD SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. MELANOSCAN, LLC
Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The... Read More »