Medtronic v. Tyco
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Preliminary injunction prohibiting Surgical Dynamics (a division of Tyco's U.S. Surgical business) from producing, using, selling or offering to sell its Ray TFC spinal fusion cage becomes effective Aug. 30 (1"The Gray Sheet" Aug. 23, In Brief)
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