Boston Scientific Sues Conor Medsystems Ireland Ltd.

Natick, MA-based Boston Scientific Corporation announced that it has filed a lawsuit in Ireland against Conor Medsystems Ireland Ltd., alleging that the Conor CoStar Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System infringes a balloon catheter patent owned by Boston Scientific. Boston Scientific is asking for damages and an injunction to prohibit Conor from manufacturing, marketing or stocking the product in Ireland.
    The asserted patent is the Irish counterpart of the European patent that Boston Scientific has successfully asserted against Johnson & Johnson in the Netherlands.
    Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties.