Boston licenses Mentor incontinence technology:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Boston Scientific has nonexclusively licensed technology owned by Mentor to treat female urinary incontinence. The agreement comes some seven months after Mentor obtained a US patent covering its transobturator subfascial sling technique, which is designed to reduce the risk of major bleeding or bowel or bladder injury compared with other tension-free vaginal tape procedures. Following the issuance of the patent, Mentor filed suit against American Medical Systems alleging infringement. Mentor markets a stress incontinence product, ObTape, based on the technology.