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Nevro Files Patent Suit Against Stimwave

 
• By Elizabeth Orr

Chronic pain treatment company Nevro has filed suit against rival Stimwave Tech alleging patent infringement.

Nevro Corp., which makes nerve stimulation devices for the treatment of chronic pain, filed a patent infringement suit against rival Stimwave LLC on Feb. 14 in the US District Court for the District of Delaware.

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