Stryker Corp. Loses Patent Case
January 31st, 2008 joshua
TriMed Inc. won its appeal over Stryker Corp. regarding a patented wrist replacement, Reuters reports.
A U.S. patent court overruled a Federal Circuit Court decision that Stryker infringed upon TriMed’s patent on a wrist replacement that attaches to stable portions of broken bone and holds the fractured portion in place.
The earlier decision favored Stryker. “We hold that Stryker has failed to demonstrate that there is no genuine issue of material fact that its accused devices do not infringe,” the court ruled. “The grant of summary judgment of non-infringement must be reversed. We remand for further proceedings consistent with our opinion and in view of the entire record.”












