Pedicle screw injunction
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
U.S. District Court in Boston orders Medtronic Dec. 19 to stop selling its Vertex and Vertex Max multi-axial pedicle screws following an earlier jury finding that Medtronic's spinal screws infringed on Johnson & Johnson/DePuy patents. The district judge had already awarded DePuy $226 million in the case. Medtronic plans to appeal the verdict and injunction. The firm has already introduced a new Vertex Select line that it says does not infringe. The Vertex line accounts for "under $100 million" in revenue, a Medtronic spokesperson says
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