Augustine Medical
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Federal circuit court of appeals finds that Mallinckrodt and Gaymar Industries forced-air warming blankets do not infringe three patents for the company's Bair-Hugger blankets, overturning an August 1997 decision by a Minneapolis federal district court jury. Augustine Medical filed new patent infringement litigation against 10 defendants in April 1998, including Gaymar (for newly issued patents), Zimmer, Seabrook Medical Systems, Smith Industries Medical Systems, and Cincinnati Sub-Zero