US court orders permanent injunction against Smith & Nephew
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Smith & Nephew (S&N) has been ordered by a US district court to remove from the market three surgical devices believed to infringe ArthroCare's patents. This latest development in the ongoing patent tussle between the two companies is to take effect immediately and permanently blocks S&N from manufacturing, using and selling its bipolar ablation probe, Control RF cutting tool and ElectroBlade resector/radiofrequency soft tissue coagulation product in the US.