Medtronic Sofamor Danek Spinal Cage Infringed By Tyco - Appeals Court
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Ray threaded fusion cage made by Tyco/U.S. Surgical division Surgical Dynamics, Inc. infringes a patent held by Medtronic Sofamor Danek for its Inter Fix spinal fusion cage, according to a federal appeals court ruling which remanded the case back to federal district court in Los Angeles.
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