Pacesetter seeks injunctive relief, damages in pacer/defibrillator patent suit against Guidant.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
PACESETTER ALLEGES PATENT INFRINGEMENT BY CPI'S VIGOR, VENTAK MINI in a suit filed May 3 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The St. Jude cardiac rhythm management division alleges that several models of Guidant subsidiary Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.'s Vigor pacemakers and Ventak Mini implantable cardioverter defibrillators infringe U.S. patents held by Pacesetter.