MinnPost - Medtronic awarded $101.2 million in patent infringement lawsuit

Medtronic was awarded $101.2 million in a patent infringement lawsuit when a San Diego jury found that NuVasive’s CoRoent XL spine implants, MaXcess II and III tissue retractors, and Helix and Helix mini anterior cervical plates had infringed on three Medtronic patents owned by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., a Medtronic unit. However, Medtronic was also found guilty of infringing on one of NuVasive’s patents for a nerve-monitoring system for lateral...