NuVasive initiates patent infringement lawsuit against Globus Medical
NuVasive, a medical device company developing treatment for minimally invasive spine surgery, has initiated a patent infringement lawsuit against Globus Medical regarding lateral fusion technology, according to a NuVasive news release.
Medtronic was awarded $101.2 million in a patent infringement lawsuit when a San Diego jury found that NuVasive's CoRoent XL spine implants, MaXcess II and III tissue retractors, and Helix and Helix mini anterior cervical plates had infringed on three Medtronic patents owned by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., a Medtronic unit.