Barry v. Medtronic: Physician Experimental Use
Last week, the Federal Circuit rendered an opinion in Barry v. Medtronic, in which Dr. Barry alleged that Medtronic induced surgeons to infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 7,670,358 and 8,361,121 both for "System and Method for Aligning Vertebrae in the Amelioration of Aberrant Spinal Column Deviation Conditions." The patents relates to systems for correcting spinal column anomalies by applying force to multiple vertebrae at once. The decision is an interesting one because of its deta