Blog Tag: OrbusNeich

OrbusNeich Medical Inc. and its subsidiary, Orbus International B.V., announced on Friday a lawsuit against Boston Scientific Corp. in Ireland for alleged patent infringement.  According to the press release, the lawsuit alleges that Boston Scientific’s coronary stent systems, including the PROMUS Element™, PROMUS Element Plus™, OMEGA™, TAXUS™, SYNERGY™, and Promus PREMIER™ lines of stents, infringe European Patent No. 2,311,412 and European Patent No. 1,341,482, both entitled “Stent having helical elements,” granted on August 9, 2012 and September 23, 2010, respectively.  Figure 11 from the ‘412 patent is shown below:

In February, OrbusNeich filed suit against Boston Scientific for patent infringement in Germany and the Netherlands.  A patent infringement suit filed by OrbusNeich against Boston Scientific in the U.S. in 2009 was stayed pending reexamination of the patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  The asserted European patents are available at EP 2,311,412 and EP 1,341,482.