Simbionix USA has settled patent infringement claims from Immersion Corp. , based in San Jose, Calif., by licensing Immersion’s haptics technology for use in its medical procedure simulators. Immersion Corp. makes technology that interfaces with users through the sense of touch. In April 2008, Immersion sued Simbionix in U.S. District Court for the Northern District […]
Athenahealth Inc. (NSDQ:ATHN) acquired a patent for its web-based electronic medical record system. The patent, for “Automated Configuration of Medical Practice Management Systems,” represents a new system that will work with the web-based features in the Watertown, Mass.-based firm’s pre-existing practice management software. The company said, “The patent issued covers the self-service implementation of a […]
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OrbusNeich Medical Inc. wasted no time after winning a new patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, filing a motion to amend a patent infringement lawsuit against Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE:BSX) to include its new intellectual property. The USPTO granted the Hong Kong-based firm, which has its U.S. headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., a […]
A top Commerce Department official Tuesday vowed to unclog the country’s beleaguered patent office, linking efforts to clear hundreds of thousands of patent applications to creating jobs and reducing America’s trade deficit. In an interview with MedCity News, David Kappos, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property who directs the United States Patent and Trademark Office […]
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. and a subsidiary of Hologic Inc. have settled their patent infringement disagreements with a $12.5 million payment to Ethicon and the promise to share royalties from selling each other's breast cancer biopsy devices.
Biopharmaceutical company Athersys Inc. has received two patents that extend protection of its investigational stem cell therapy and how it's produced and used.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
The award marks the sixth patent the Ann Arbor-based company has received for its nanoemulsion technology, in which ultra-small particles of one liquid are suspended in a second liquid that won't mix with the first.