Medtronic seeks unspecified damages and an order stopping the infringement, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in US District Court in Marshall, TX. The patent covers a stent where a therapeutic substance or drug can be applied.
The suit was filed a day after Boston Scientific sued Medtronic claiming it infringed 10 patents related to grafts used to repair aneurysms. In May, a federal jury told Boston Scientific to pay $250 million to Medtronic for infringing catheter patents. Boston Scientific is challenging the verdict.SOURCE: Bloomberg News/Boston Globe