Edwards, Abbott Spar Over Valve Repair Patents

A Delaware court sided with Abbott over Edwards in a pretrial hearing on terminology to be used in a patent dispute concerning transcatheter mitral valve repair device technology.

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The MitraClip from Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories Inc. seemed to score a recent victory in an ongoing patent dispute over transcatheter mitral valve repair technology, as a Delaware federal judge largely sided with the company in a 22 October court order.

The dispute concerns five patents held by Abbott, which the firm claims are being violated by Edwards Lifesciences Corp.’s...

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