Edwards vs. CoreValve
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Edwards Lifesciences files patent suit Feb. 12 against CoreValve in Delaware District court alleging CoreValve's ReValving percutaneous aortic valve replacement system infringes three Edwards' patents related to transcatheter heart valves. Edwards has filed similar litigation in Germany and the U.K. The latest suit is directed at CoreValve devices made in the United States and sold in Europe, where ReValving earned a CE mark in May 2007. Edwards recently launched its Sapien transcatheter aortic replacement heart valve in Europe and has begun the PARTNER pivotal trial of the device in the United States (1"The Gray Sheet" Sept. 10, 2007, In Brief)