Medtronic gets mixed rulings in appeal
Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical-device maker, got a mixed ruling in its appeal of a $7.4 million verdict won by Synthes Inc. over a patent for spinal discs.
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.