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.
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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