Federal Circuit Upholds Lower Court Decision in Edwards Lifesciences v. CoreValve

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Edwards Lifesciences succeeded in its appeal at the Federal Circuit in the lawsuit Edwards Lifesciences v. CoreValve.  Edwards’ lawsuit asserted that the Medtronic CoreValve ReValving system infringed U.S. Patent No. 5,411,552, entitled “Valve Prosthesis for Implantation in the Body and a Catheter for Implanting Such Valve Prosthesis”.

The Federal Circuit upheld the District Court’s decision in favor of Edwards Lifesciences and sent the case back to the District Court to reconsider its decision to deny an injunction.  The Federal Circuit’s decision is available here.

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