Medtronic, Inc. v. Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L.

  1. July 10, 2023

    Medtronic Wants Fed. Circ. To Rethink Catheter IP Decisions

    Medical device company Medtronic has urged the Federal Circuit to rethink decisions refusing to revive its challenge to various catheter patents from a smaller rival, saying a three-judge panel of the appellate court got a trio of decisions wrong.

  2. May 24, 2023

    Fed. Circ. Splits On When Exactly A Catheter Was Invented

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday split on the question of when in the mid-2000s a medical device company in the suburbs of Minneapolis developed a new kind of catheter, ultimately sinking a Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenge from a larger rival in Minnesota.